Thursday, June 10, 2010

From Uganda: Mirembe Kawomera, Delicious Peace Coffee

Mirembe Kawomera Coffee began with one man’s dream. In 2003, JJ Keki, a Ugandan coffee farmer, walked door to door asking his Jewish, Christian, and Muslim neighbors to put aside old differences and come together. In 2009, the Peace Kawomera Cooperative has grown to over 1,000 members. Thanks to their collective effort, the farmers sell directly to Thanksgiving Coffee Company, and receive prices four times higher than what they were previously paid. This has enabled farmers to send their children to school, start savings accounts, and reinvest in their farms.

To read more about Delicious Peace Coffee, please visit their website @ http://www.deliciouspeace.com/