A COCOA farmer from Ghana paid primary pupils a visit yesterday, to show them how fairly traded products benefited her community.
Cocoa farmer Comfort Kwaasibea and 15-year-old Rijayatu, both from Ghana, visited Red Rose Primary School, in Chester-le-Street.
Rijayatu's parents and Comfort are both members of the cocoa co-operative Kuapa Kokoo, which supplies the ingredients for the Co-op's Fair Trade chocolate.
The event was organised with the help of the Co-op for Fair Trade Fortnight and during the visit both delegates spoke to the children about life in Ghana and farming.
Deputy headteacher Tom Baker said: "Rijayatu was 15, but had only been going to school for two years because prior to that her father didn't have enough money to send her to school, until Fairtrade came along.
"So it really brought it home for the children. Now she's studying biology, chemistry and physics, and wants to go into genetic science."
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