MCC Coffee Project (#)

  „In Nicaragua , Equal Exchange helped small farmers to organize their own cooperative federation, PRODECOOP. By participating in the Coffee Project, your congregation can help communities invest in farm improvements, reduce debt, improve nutrition, and provide leadership training for women. "It is very important for you to know that fair trade leads to better roads, better health and better lives for farmers not just in Nicaragua, but around the world," says Rosario Castellón, former director of PRODECOOP.“

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Benefits of Fair Trade

  „PRODECOOP (the Promoter of Cooperative Development in the Segovias), an association of 71 farmer co-ops and collectives in northern Nicaragua, sold its very first container of organic coffee to Equal Exchange back in 1991. In the years leading up to this momentous occasion, Equal Exchange played a key role in helping the co-op get off the ground, counseling the group in money management, helping develop credit capacity, and even extending small loans to its members. Our partnership has been strong ever since.“

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Global Exchange : Coffee Cooperatives

  „In October of 1998, Hurricane Mitch ripped through northern Nicaragua,damaging homes, farms and roads. With the organizational strength theyhad gained over the years, PRODECOOP was able to provide assistanceand channel outside aid, rebuilding homes and roads, and repairingcoffee processing equipment so that farmers would have incomes thenext year. Merling Preza Ramos, PRODECOOP's Director, told GlobalExchange that "the producer is offering coffee of very high quality,and in return, asks that they are paid a fair price, the real price,the real value of their product. Therefore, it's not a charity.“

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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade

  „The Rodriquez' — An example of this change can be seen the in lives of Miguel and Laura Rodriguez, members of PRODECOOP (who produce our Nicaragua coffee). The couple estimates that over the past five years they have more than doubled their income as a result of Fair Trade. Fair Trade has helped them keep their daughter Rosa Maria (age 11) in school long past the age where should would have to start working in the fields (Transfair USA).“

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MCC Coffee Project

  „In your congregation, a women’s, men’s or youth group, or social action committee can introduce you community to Fair Trade. Then, as your congregation enjoys delicious coffee, tea, cocoa and chocolate, take time to learn together about its impact on the people who grow it. Read about the lives of farmers and their families, discuss issues of justice in the global marketplace and take action in the spirit of love.“

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It's All About Coffee

  „I recently returned from a trip to Nicaragua. The goal of my travels was to better understand the lives of those who produce coffee and the Fair Trade Federation's aspiration of improving those lives. As the world becomes smaller, globalization makes it more difficult for small, family-run farms to compete with large plantations. It is standard for small coffee producers to conclude the year having made no profits, and at times, in debt.“

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