DAVID WITH GOLIATH'S HEAD

This painting by Caravaggio was probably realized in 1609 and it represents the scene from the myth of David and Goliath in which the young sheeper beheads the giant.
It looks so realistic, thanks to the lights and the shadows we can observe in it and that make it a tridimentional painting. It's so impressive how the artist was able to give the idea of such a kind of portraits at that time and that's why we consider him as the last baroque artist and the introducer of the Realism.
The historical sources tell us both the characters represented in the painting are two self-portraits of Caravaggio in two different periods of his life: David shows his young innocent face, while Goliath seems to look like him when he was already destroyed by his poor life, maybe also for attending places as taverns.
The scene seems to describe themes as the redemption.

THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), formerly the International Federation of Alternative Traders ("IFAT"), was created in 1989 and is a global association of 324 organizations in over 70 countries.^[1] Members are fair trade producer cooperativesand associations, export marketing companies, importers, retailers, national and regional fair trade networks and Fair Trade Support Organizations.

WFTO's mission is to improve the livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater justice in world trade.

WFTO's core fields of activities are:

• Developing the market for fair trade
• Building trust in fair trade
• Speaking out for fair trade
• Providing networking opportunities
• Empowering the regions

In 2004 WFTO launched a fair trade certification scheme and mark. The FTO Mark identifies registered Fair Trade Organizations worldwide (as opposed to products in the case of FLO International and Fairtrade mark) and guarantees that standards are being implemented regarding working conditions, wages, child labor and the environment. These standards are verified by self-assessment, mutual reviews and external verification. The FTO Mark is available to all WFTO members who meet the requirements of the WFTO Standards and Monitoring System and so far over 150 organizations have registered. The WFTO operates in five key regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America & Pacific Rim.^[2]
Members in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America have come together to form WFTO regional chapters. They are:

• Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa (COFTA)
• WFTO Asia
• WFTO Europe
• WFTO-LA – Associacion Latino Americana de Commercio Justo (WFTO Latin America)