The Mt. Meru Coffee Project Envisions coffee farmers empowered with true Economic Justice, receiving a fair and just price for their coffee, enabling them to enhance crop quality and sustainability and improve their families standard of living.

 

The Mt. Meru Coffee Project Envisions coffee farming communities with an ability to develop programs of Social Justice that are providing for increased opportunity in education, health care and community development.

 

The Mt. Meru Coffee Project Envisions coffee consumers enjoying the wonderful coffee with the confidence that their support is providing Economic and Social Justice  for small coffee farmers.

 

 

The Mt. Meru Coffee Project’s Objectives are to do Economic and Social Justice - empowering the small coffee farmers and the people of the Meru region with the ability to improve their standard of living and escape the long standing cycle of poverty.

 

Economic Justice is achieved when the Project, and ultimately the consumer, provides the producing farmers with a fair price for their quality coffee.  A fair price provides an increase in farm income, allowing the farmers to support their families with dignity while at the same time providing for crop sustainability, improved production quantity and, very imporrtant to the success of the Project, improved product quality.

 

  

 

Social Justice is achieved when Project generated funds are used to upgrade coffee growing practices, improve processing facilities and equipment, and provide short term micro loan services for the small coffee farmers. Social justice is also achieved through the fair price as farm families have the funds available to send children to school, access and pay for health care, and have the funds needed to support local farm village markets and merchants.

 

As additional funds are generated, the Project envisions that they will be directed to civic and social programs that will improve health care, education and reduce poverty in the Meru region.