On The Ground

2019 Annual Report // Our partner farmers need your support! - mailchi.mp/ec2bbccbc31c/2…

2019 Annual Report // Thank you for your support! - mailchi.mp/cebf840cbc16/2…

Cifa, a #LakeKivu Coffee Alliance stakeholder, lost her arm when her hoe struck an ordnance, and lives in constant fear. With support from the #partnership, she continues to work her coffee farm as her only means of economic survival.

Renowned prosthetic trainer Dave Evans, a Vietnam Veteran who is a double-amputee himself, helps to build national rehabilitation capacity in the DRC through hands-on training of local prosthetic technicians, oftentimes victims themselves. vimeo.com/286219171

Training local technicians to provide prosthetics creates a sustainable way to address the tremendous need in eastern #Congo and provides meaningful job opportunities.

Q1: A1: LKCA represents an exemplary partnership between the Department of State, civil society, & the private sector that promotes peace & prosperity by providing support for coffee farmers injured by landmines & UXO #P3Impact #FinalistFriday @highergroundstc @thepoluscenter

A1: addressing the intersection of conflict and coffee in the #DRC by integrating victim's assistance and economic opportunity into the value chain with #collectiveimpact #P3Impact #MakeCoffeeMatter

Linking #coffee with victim assistance means survivors can lead meaningful & productive lives within their communities. @thepoluscenter @ConcordiaSummit @GPatState @StateDeptPM #P3Impact #FinalistFriday #makecoffeematter #socialimpact #P3Impact

Building context leading up to our #TwitterChat at 2 PM: Historically, conflict regions overlap with the best coffee producing regions. #P3Impact #FinalistFriday #makecoffeematter

Join us on a trip to origin this September! Together with @OTGglobal , we’ll be visiting the Colombian Coffee Region, meeting and staying with coffee producers such as Fondo Paez and CoSurCa! We can’t wait! To sign up head over to onthegroundglobal.org/delegations #coffee #travel

@IFCCA1 @RCIcoffee play a crucial role to ensure #GenderEquity is integrated into the #CongoCoffee #ValueChain at #saveurdukivu2018 Great photo thanks to @EasternCongo #collaborate @GPatState @ELANRDC @TetraTechIntDev @WCoffeeResearch @highergroundstc

Our own @tierrasa w/@DennisFHadrick & @IamDrQuat at @SaveurduKivu shared impact / vision of Coffee Alliance - integrating people w/ disabilities from conflict into #valuechain. 20+ prosthetics, already thx to @StateDeptPM @thepoluscenter @EasternCongo @OTGglobal #PPP @GPatState

Chris Treter with @highergroundstc, Dennis Hadrick with @StateDept, and Adrien Nzuzi with @thepoluscenter share a collaboration with @EasternCongo and @OTGglobal the to create coffee training programs and coffee production infrastructure for victims of conflict #makecoffeematter

#saveurdukivu2018 attendees from @OTGglobal @thepoluscenter @highergroundstc visited a Pygmy community in Kawezi near Rusizi National Park to discuss women's equity and challenges they face. A significant number of coffee farmers in DRC are women. @BloombergDotOrg @RCIcoffee

Excited to share the first in a series of success stories published on our website: bit.ly/2uxxY7B. No more timely story to tell than about @SaveurduKivu. Enjoy! Think ☕. Think 🇨🇩. #MakeCoffeeMatter #MakeCoffeeBetter #FutureofCoffee #CongoCoffee #DRC #RDC #SduK2018

Thank You to all our partners of #SaveurduKivu2018 who work hard all year for #CongoCoffee @thepoluscenter @StateDeptPM @RCIcoffee @EasternCongo @BloombergDotOrg @OTGglobal @highergroundstc @USEmbKinshasa @FeedtheFuture @IFCCA1 @ELANRDC @UKaid twitter.com/Racheamani/sta…

#Tminus4 - #CongoCoffee is about to launch. Spread the word & join us in #Bukavu to #makecoffeematter for the #futureofcoffee & #makecoffeebetter #coffeetime @RoastMagazine @sprudge @SprudgeLive @thepoluscenter @IFCCA1 @OTGglobal @EasternCongo twitter.com/easterncongo/s…

#China already world's 10th coffee consumer, projected to become 3rd in near future. Imagine what incredible #positive #coffee #impacts will be possible with some many new consumers! #CoffeeExpo2018 @IWCAGlobal @CoffeeInYunnan

10 of top #coffee producting countries are inpacted by landmines." Michael of @thepoluscenter at #CoffeeExpo2018 panel “From Conflict to Coffee” - integrating victims into the value chain #makecoffeematter #CongoCoffee #Congo