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Meet Martha Schofield, Diko Blackings and Robin Benn, three 15 year old students from Cheney High School in Oxford. Last summer, along with their teacher chaperone Ms Pippa Whittaker, they had the trip of a lifetime when they went to India to create a boy’s and girl’s school shirt in the most fair and ethical way possible...

From the cotton seeds, to the cotton fields, to the factories, they witnessed the journey of a simple school shirt and the experiences they had along the way were sometimes shocking and unexpected.

Check out our unique insight into their trip.

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Martha Scholfield

My favourite moment was meeting the little kids from the charity SAVE, they were all so gorgeous and I felt it was really moving. Seeing the effects of pesticides on cotton farmers and their community was probably the most upsetting part of the trip for me. I learnt so much in India and found that fairtrade is extremely complicated and there’s no simple answer.

I’ll never forget the people we met and I’m so thankful for the experience.

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