Ethiopia

Coffee: Sidamo

Project: Water Pumps

In 2009, we kicked off our inaugural World Water Day fundraiser in Portland. The monies raised from the walk-a-thon event were poured into the coffers of Water for All, a non-profit organization that builds and installs water pumps throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The pumps will be built in coffee-growing regions in Ethiopia.

Access to clean water for sub-Saharan African countries is extremely limited and makes the most simple daily tasks onerous. This means that women and children, who bear the brunt of this duty, spend hours transporting water back to their families, thus taking time away from school. Additionally, lack of clean water creates unhygienic conditions that breed disease. Clean, easy-to-access water leads to huge leaps in quality of life for communities throughout this region.

Previous Projects in Ethiopia

Project: Community Assessment

We partnered with Mercy Corps, a non-governmental organization that provides both emergency and long-term aid to countries around the world. To better determine how FFD monies could help farmers, they completed a community assessment report for the region where we purchased coffee. Not surprisingly, access to clean water topped the list of needs. This helped us to clarify our next steps in providing assistance. To read the full assessment, please click the link here.

We continue to work with non-governmental organizations such as Mercy Corps to meet the varied needs of Ethiopian coffee growers and their communities.

This program makes strides toward the Millennium Development Goal that seeks to ensure environmental sustainability.

This program makes strides toward the Millennium Development Goal that seeks to create a global partnership for development.