Coffee Kids

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Coffee Kids
Image:CoffeeKidsLogo.jpg‎
Founders David Abedon
Dean Cycon
Bill Fishbein
Founded 1988
Headquarters Santa Fe, NM
Area served Worldwide
Focus Coffee Farmers
Method Local Development
Slogan Grounds for Hope
Website coffeekids.org

Coffee Kids is a non-governmental organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, dedicated to improving the lives of coffee farmers and their families. Coffee Kids operates predominantly in Central and South America. The organization currently supports several community-based microcredit projects.[1][2][3][4]

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History

Coffee Kids was founded in 1988 by David Abedon, Dean Cycon and Bill Fishbein.[5] All three founders had spent time in South America, where they first came into contact with coffee growing communities.Bill Fishbein had been in the coffee business for several years and knew the structure of the industry. Dean Cycon had a decade of international development experience with indigenous peoples in different countries. David Abedon was involved with natural resource policy and education at URI.[6]

Frustrated by the impoverishment of the coffee farmers they met, as well as the lack of financial resources available to coffee farmers, Abedon, Cycon and Fishbein resolved to form Coffee Kids as a way to support coffee growing communities around the world.[7]

Locations of projects and partners

[8]
Nation Partner Organizations Type of Project
Mexico AUGE
CAMPO
FomCafe
ICSUR		 Microcredit
Community-Based Projects
Community-Based Projects
Community-Based Projects
Guatemala ASESPA
APROS
CHAJULENSE
STIAP		 Community-Based Projects
Health Care
Microcredit & Education
Community-Based Projects
Costa Rica CECOCAFEN Microcredit & Education
Nicaragua FHC
SOPPEXCCA		 Education
Education
Peru COCLA Health Care


Funding

Business donations make up 87% of the budget followed by 5% from individual donors, 4% from in-kind donations of goods and services, 3% from foundations and 1% from merchandise sales.[9] Coffee Kids is a 501(3) tax-exempt organization.

References

  1. ^ http://www.coffeekids.org/images/uploads/coffee-kids-map.gif Coffee Kids Locations
  2. ^ http://www.tradeforum.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/1032
  3. ^ http://www.coffeekids.org/uploads/docs/080707_clip_lascruces_micro.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.santafenewmexican.com/SantaFeNorthernNM/01-microcredit
  5. ^ http://www.amherstbulletin.com/story/id/100706/
  6. ^ http://www.coffeekids.org/uploads/docs/0804_springnltr_web.pdf History of Coffee Kids
  7. ^ http://www.coffeekids.org/blog/comments/20th-anniversary-reflections-david-abedon/ | Abedon on the founding of Coffee Kids
  8. ^ Coffee Kids Programs
  9. ^ http://www.coffeekids.org/aboutus/faq/ Funding Sources

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