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Send bananas to America!

Our goal is to get enough shots and information from the banana plantations so we can make you think twice the next time you buy your bananas. Afterwards, an online document in 10 languages will be created from the material of Costa Rica and Panama.

  • How is banana grown

  • Banana waste

  • Banana in the bath

  • Banana in the packing phase

  • Banana plantation

  • Transport of bananas

  • Banana plantation

  • Bananas on the road

  • Banana at the finish

  • Banana costume and T-shirt

EUR 2,695
pledged of EUR 2,601

103%

103% completed

112 contributors pledged

Food, Education

All or nothing. Project finished on Jul 30, 2016 at 12:47.

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So how it all began?

Some of us have known each other for quite a long time since working for Fair trade, but the whole group-of-four met at this year’s marathon for the first time. We ran the marathon dressed in banana costumes and came to a conclusion that we’re a fairly good crew and there are a lot more things we can do for the bananas. And so we’re gonna do it! What is our goal? Our goal is to get enough shots, testimonies and information from the banana plantations so that we can get you to think twice the next time you buy your bananas, same as a ton of other different products. We’ll try to get to one of those ‘’common’’ plantations – those with no certification. We’ll talk to the people who work there and live in the closest surroundings. We’ll also check out the Fair trade facility, for this is in our opinion the best banana place there is. The two countries we will focus on are the ones on the top of the export ladder – Costa Rica and Panama.

This trip isn’t the end of our project, though, more like the exact opposite. The material will be transformed into an interactive document, a tool used for example by The Guardian or Al Jazeera. It is a microsite which uses different sorts of content (such as photos, animations, info graphic, video, etc.) to tell a story of a particular event. And ours will be about bananas. It will be available for anyone to read and by anyone we mean like really whoever pleases to; the site will be translated to at least 10 languages. This is possible thanks to the European commission, who partially funded this project, and the Ekumenical academy, the main coordinator of the decent working conditions campaign. We also have partners in over 20 countries.

…something extra

Every banana’s different. Have you already had yours today?

Who are we?

Four people with the thought of bringing up to light some common misconceptions we have about the things we buy and to point out that not all of the food origin stories are entirely fair. There is a big change you’d think a bit more the next time before shopping, if you knew these stories. ‘’To buy or not to be’’ is most certainly not our motto. So what about our crew? Varied like the scale of existing bananas: Bara is an expert on tropical fruits, Standa is our campaign guru, Kuba knows how to handle a camera or a drone and Pavla wants fair bananas in every Czech shop. We all will be so pleased to meet you for some of the rewards.

Why are we doing this?

We care about people and we want every single one of them to receive a proper salary and live a dignified life. I mean, that is what everybody wants, right?

News

Jul 18, 2016 In one week we go!

Farmers, plantations and meeting with union workers are agreed and we are happy to plan the details. And there are few new rewards. Maybe you can be interested in having banana shoes? Look at them and don't tell us you know better ones. They are going to travel with us. 

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Jul 18, 2016 First fifth

Thanks to all of you who have already looked on our project and helped him into life. We are very grateful for that. Last week we have detailed meeting about our journey. We discussed technical thing, our spanish speaker Bára updated us about the places she is in touch with and we pointed out the…

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  • remaining 1 from 10
    Purple banana

    Sometimes we think that bananas are just yellow. But the oposit is true. The variety of colours is really wide. Do you want one? 

    Reward delivery: on address, in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 16.00
    (CZK 400)

  • remaining 32 from 40
    Postcard from Panama or Costa Rica

    Do you also like surprise in your post box? We can send you one.

    Reward delivery: on address, in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 18.00
    (CZK 450)

  • remaining 2 from 20
    Banana T-shirt

    Nicely designed and certified T-shirts. For woman and men as well. Yellow or black?

    Reward delivery: on address, in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 20.00
    (CZK 500)

  • remaining 5 from 10
    Banana bread at your door

    We like baking and we like banana bread. Would you like to taste our recipe?

    Reward delivery: on address, in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 26.01
    (CZK 650)

  • remaining 9 from 10
    Lending banana costume

    We have nice banana costumes and we are not affraid to lend them to you. Have you ever wonder how is it to be like banana? We can send it everywhere in CZ.

    Reward delivery: on address, in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 28.01
    (CZK 700)

  • remaining 14 from 15
    Banana picnic

    Have you ever benn on picnic with banana as a main star? Banana bread, banana pancakes, banana drink and of course banana smoothies. Picnic will be in Prague.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 36.01
    (CZK 900)

  • remaining 6 from 6
    Your toy on the road

    You are probably not fitting into our backpacks, but your toy can have a great time with us. Will you be so generous and send it with us? 

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 48.01
    (CZK 1,200)

  • remaining 4 from 5
    Private screening of Banana wars with debate

    Would you like to know more about the business with bananas and the roles of big players in the market? So invite your friends and we can come everywhere. Ideal number of people is 15.

    Reward delivery: on address, in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 52.01
    (CZK 1,300)

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    Excursion into fair trade roaster. Coffee and transport included

    This reward is answering several qustions about social enterprise, fair trade and production of coffe. Are you coffee lover? It is perfect for you.

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 60.01
    (CZK 1,500)

  • remaining 9 from 10
    Photo A3 according your choice

    At the expedition we will take a lot of pictures. Maybe one of them would fit on your wall. 

    Reward delivery: on address, in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 64.01
    (CZK 1,600)

  • remaining 9 from 10
    3 photos A4 on canvas

    At the expedition we will take a lot of pictures. Maybe some of them would fit on your wall. 

    Reward delivery: on address, in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 112.02
    (CZK 2,800)

  • remaining 2 from 3
    Banana breakfast or snack for your colleagues

    How about small company teambuilding? We come with all the banana goodies and show you pictures from our journey. Capacity is for 8 people. 

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 128.03
    (CZK 3,200)

  • remaining 5 from 6
    Banana kombo

    You can’t decide what is the best reward for you? So here we go. With this reward you can get T-shirt, postcard, banana, spirit and we invite you for the picnic. 

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 180.04
    (CZK 4,500)

  • remaining 4 from 5
    Dinner with the team

    Do you want to hear the complete story and have nice dinner? We like cooking and meeting people.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 200.04
    (CZK 5,000)

  • remaining 4 from 4
    Banana sponzorship

    You like our work and you don’t want any bigger reward? Wow, we are really thankfull and we promise that the biggest postcard will be yours. Thanks!

    Reward delivery: on address, in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 320.06
    (CZK 8,000)

  • Sold out!!
    Personal Thank you send by e-mail, with photo of the team attached and first information

    You will bet the first one who we send our experiences from the journey.

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 8.00
    (CZK 200)

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    Banana kit for school

    Methodical lesson on banana topic with photos and activities.

     

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 10.00
    (CZK 250)

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    Banana drink on banana party

    At the end of summer we are planning to organize banana party with movie, photos and sharing our experience. So let‘s meet at the bar with banana drink.

    Reward delivery: in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 12.00
    (CZK 300)

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    Package of local dried bananas

    Maybe you will be surprised by the taste, it is different, but it is good. We can send it everywhere you want.

    Reward delivery: on address, in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 14.00
    (CZK 350)

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    Spirit from Panama

    Slivovice is nice, but let’s make her friend in a bar. You can expect at least 0,5 l of local spirit. We can send it everywhere in CZ.

    Reward delivery: on address, in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 38.01
    (CZK 950)

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    Challenge for banana team

    We want to make people smile. So we will dance in underground in banana costumes on banana songs.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 160.03
    (CZK 4,000)

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