Cafe Femenino Foundation Distributes Grants to Women in Impoverished Coffee Growing Communities Worldwide
For the seventh year, Café Femenino Foundation (CFF) is funding global grant requests to improve the nutrition, health, education and living conditions of women coffee growers and their families. Requests are generated in-country by women coffee-producers who operate small farms in the poorest and least accessible regions of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala,
- (1888PressRelease) February 04, 2011 - Vancouver, WA - Business training for female survivors of Rwandan genocide; women's reproductive health workshops and cervical cancer screenings in Peru; and vegetable gardens in the Dominican Republic: These are just three of the projects funded for 2011 by Café Femenino Foundation (CFF), a Vancouver, WA based non-profit.
This is the seventh year that Café Femenino Foundation (CFF) has funded global grant requests that improve the nutrition, health, education and living conditions of women coffee growers and their families. Requests are generated in-country by women coffee-producers who operate small farms in the poorest and least accessible regions of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Haiti, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Rwanda.
"Our in-country network and established connection with coffee cooperatives gives CFF the unique ability to connect local women with the resources and funding they desperately need to improve their living conditions. It is gratifying to see the impact these funds have made on the health and well-being of recipient communities during our annual return trips," states Marilyn Dryke, president of the CFF board of directors.
Additional projects funded this year include: coffee harvesting baskets to reduce back strain for women coffee farmers in Bolivia; pig breeding co-ops in Rwanda; a quinoa cultivation project to reduce childhood malnutrition in Peru; and locally managed micro-loans for female-operated businesses in Guatemala.
CFF raises funds through charitable donations, the Coffee Can Project which collects change at coffee shops and businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada, and other fundraising events. "Money stretches much further in underdeveloped countries," states Gaylene Smith, CFF founder. "Even small donations accomplish miracles." To learn more about CFF, visit: www.coffeecan.org.
Grant History: Overview of Projects Funded by Café Femenino Foundation
Delivery of clean water and power to remote Peruvian coffee communities.
Construction of adobe stoves in Colombia to vent smoke from cooking fires to the outside of farmers' houses.
Crop diversification in the Dominican Republic to reduce over-dependence on coffee as a sole income source and to improve the economic status and health of villagers.
Establishment of a small animal breeding program to improve nutrition in Peruvian coffee villages.
Uterine cancer screening for women coffee producers in Peru and malnutrition screening and referral for children under age five.
Training for 50 Peruvian villages on food safety, sanitation and basic nutrition.
Purchase of building site for a pre-school to serve the children of women coffee farmers in the Dominican Republic.
Skill development, leadership and business training for women coffee growers and their daughters in Peru.
Books and uniforms for school children in the Dominican Republic.
Transportation and lodging for parents of children in Peru who received cleft-palate surgery through the Faces Foundation.
Re-planting of coffee farms and family gardens devastated by aerial spraying of coca plants in Colombia.
A moment of joy: Christmas bread, hot cocoa, books and toys for children in three very remote and impoverished communities in Peru.
Construction of elevated coffee bean drying tables to alleviate back strain and increase productivity for coffee growers.
Coffee seedlings to replace trees lost in floods and mudslides in Bolivia.
Leadership and gender training in Nicaragua.
Establishment of a library and locally-managed micro-lending fund in Guatemala.
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