During my experience in Costa Rica in 2008, I was struck at the work the local cooperatives and coffee company partners do to assist the regions farming families. Not everyone is so lucky to have a co-op to help. Recently I discovered Coffee Kids.
Coffee Kids is a 25 year old non profit organization which:
works with organizations in coffee-farming communities throughout Latin America to create projects in the areas of education, health care, economic diversification, food security and capacity building. These efforts allow coffee farmers to reduce their dependence on the volatile coffee market and confront their communities’ most pressing needs.
Whether it be microcredit programs in Nicaragua, or food security programs in Mexico, Coffee Kids partners with local organizations to help these farming communities improve. Coffee companies in developed nations have donated and partner with Coffee Kids. Business donations account for 81% of the revenue Coffee Kids receives. 72% of funds raised go back to the projects which help so many families.
For more information on Coffee Kids go to
http://www.coffeekids.org
I am impressed with what I have read, and plan to donate at some point this year.
Charlie
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