How to make someones life a little less miserable in 4 steps

In india, the workers work under contitions that are so horrible that we can't even imagine what it would feel like. In many factorys, the workers arent allowed to drink water, because then they might have to take a break and go to the bathroom. The cottonfarms are called "the fields of death".
Why?
The workers bend down and pick up the cotton by hand, wich makes their backs hurt, they get parasites that live in the mud that the cotton grows in eats their way through the workers skin, the chemicals that are used to kill bugs are mixed with the water makes a deadly cocktail that sinks into the workers skin when they stand with water and mud up to their knees picking cotton.
But that's nothing compared to the actual reason why they're actualle called "the fields of death".
The people that work in the cottonfields are extremely poor. In India there is barely a middle class, only working class and upper class. This is tricking the workers into taking expensive loans that they cant afford with their pay (I wouldn't call it pay though). This is a horrible doom that very often, or almost always, makes the workers commit suicide.

The workers aren't adults, they are often children that are trying to help supporting their families.

But don't get depressed, there are ways to help!


Fairtrade is a foundation that helps workers get better conditions. The certification fairtrade means that the product is made with a fair pay, that there weren't any children making the product, that the workers had realistic conditions and that they weren't harmed making the product.

There are many fairtrade products, some of them are easier to get and some of them are harder to get. Some that are easy get are fairtrade coke, fairtrade soccerballs and fairtrade clothes, especially jeans.

So how do you make someones life less miserable?

You will need:

- some extra money
- a store where you can buy fairtrade
- a will to help people in need

Step 1. Go to a store.
Step 2. Choose the fairtrade things instead of the ordinary, less expensive things.
Step 3. Pay.
Step 4. Spread the word about fairtrade!