Our church's youth group is selling 100% Arabica coffee to raise money to dig a well in Mrema, Kenya, Africa. $15/1-lb. bag, ground or whole beans. All proceeds go directly toward the digging of the well. I have the listings posted on my Ebay store through the end of December 2010. Coffee is available both in ground and whole bean form.
A little more detail about the significance of the label on this coffee--Esther's Well:
Esther is from a Digo village deep within the mountainous heartland of Kenya. From a young age she dealt with the scourge of leprosy which plagued her skin, hands and feet until she was miraculously healed by the grace of God. This miracle led her to her faith in God, which was unacceptable to the people of her village because they practiced both Islam and forms of witchcraft, and she consequently was ostracized and excommunicated by her own people and even her own family. The neighboring village of Mrema graciously took her in as one of their own where she was treated with respect for her faith, and she lives there to this day telling her hopeful story.
We had a chance to visit this in the summer of '09 and personally met her, seeing with our own eyes the hands and feet that were marred by the leprosy. We also learned that the closest water source is a small dirty river over 10 kilometers away, and felt the call to raise money for the drilling of a well that will benefit not only the people of Mrema, but neighboring villages as well.
The coffee beans for sale are grown in Kenya and roasted locally in Orlando, Florida. The proceeds from each bag of Esther's Well coffee will go directly to the well-drilling process, which will hopefully begin before the end of 2010, bringing water to thousands of Kenyans who would otherwise go thirsty.
We had a chance to visit this in the summer of '09 and personally met her, seeing with our own eyes the hands and feet that were marred by the leprosy. We also learned that the closest water source is a small dirty river over 10 kilometers away, and felt the call to raise money for the drilling of a well that will benefit not only the people of Mrema, but neighboring villages as well.
The coffee beans for sale are grown in Kenya and roasted locally in Orlando, Florida. The proceeds from each bag of Esther's Well coffee will go directly to the well-drilling process, which will hopefully begin before the end of 2010, bringing water to thousands of Kenyans who would otherwise go thirsty.
Here are some photos from the trip to Africa last summer:
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