Sorry for the delay.
In late September we finally revealed our secret.
After our very own little Summit In The Mountains in Musanze, Rwanda, bringing together Canadians, Rwandans and Congolese,
we were excited and proud to announce
that we have partnered with Belay Global
to
take our shit into Eastern Congo!
Belay will be providing us with the funding to deliver 1,000+ goats to a coffee co-operative run by Gilbert Makelele, operating on the island of Idjwi, in Lake Kivu, near Goma.
The coffee cooperative stretches across 14 territories in the Eastern DRC and is purposely positioned to operative in the "red zones" where there is ongoing conflict among the many conflict groups. The cooperative was started to bring peace and prosperity to the region, providing a positive alternative to rebel fighters, poachers and the economically deprived.
Essentially "trading conflict for coffee."
Read more! at http://africanconfidential.com/?p=1238
The co-operative includes struggling farming families, war widows, women who are victims of rape and torture, and ex-rebel soldiers who have laid down their weapons, all hoping to make a better life growing coffee.
And so we have become a peace initiative as well.
Shit really IS changing the world.
watch this video
CPNCK Film 2
http://vimeo.com/73475618
Meanwhile, our heartfelt thanks go out to Elaine Schimer, from Florida, who heard about our initiative while visiting Rwanda earlier this year, and provided the funding to deliver 36 sheep to a small co-operative of Twa- traditionally forest dwelling hunters- who have agreed to leave Volcanoes National Park and take up farming instead.
And, three days ago, we participated in the tagging of over 280 goats for a co-operative near Nyungwe National Park, thanks to some generous donors back home.
In late September we finally revealed our secret.
After our very own little Summit In The Mountains in Musanze, Rwanda, bringing together Canadians, Rwandans and Congolese,
we were excited and proud to announce
that we have partnered with Belay Global
to
take our shit into Eastern Congo!
Belay will be providing us with the funding to deliver 1,000+ goats to a coffee co-operative run by Gilbert Makelele, operating on the island of Idjwi, in Lake Kivu, near Goma.
The coffee cooperative stretches across 14 territories in the Eastern DRC and is purposely positioned to operative in the "red zones" where there is ongoing conflict among the many conflict groups. The cooperative was started to bring peace and prosperity to the region, providing a positive alternative to rebel fighters, poachers and the economically deprived.
Essentially "trading conflict for coffee."
Read more! at http://africanconfidential.com/?p=1238
The co-operative includes struggling farming families, war widows, women who are victims of rape and torture, and ex-rebel soldiers who have laid down their weapons, all hoping to make a better life growing coffee.
And so we have become a peace initiative as well.
Shit really IS changing the world.
watch this video
CPNCK Film 2
http://vimeo.com/73475618
Meanwhile, our heartfelt thanks go out to Elaine Schimer, from Florida, who heard about our initiative while visiting Rwanda earlier this year, and provided the funding to deliver 36 sheep to a small co-operative of Twa- traditionally forest dwelling hunters- who have agreed to leave Volcanoes National Park and take up farming instead.
And, three days ago, we participated in the tagging of over 280 goats for a co-operative near Nyungwe National Park, thanks to some generous donors back home.
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| jeff is the pied piper! |
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| show me 10 fingers! |
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| connecting name and number |
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| receiving the tag for their sheep |
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| signing the contract |
And the next day we met with our next Nyungwe co-operative, an industrious and motivated group who requested pigs, as sheep and goats do not do as well in their location.
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