by Jesko Johannsen | Jun 2, 2020 | Africa, COVID-19, Ethiopia
Since October 2019, ICP is implementing the CAFE-project in Ethiopias Amhara Region in co-funding with the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). Now in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, ICP field staff is specifically important to the farmer families. “In Ethiopia and...
by Jesko Johannsen | Feb 10, 2020 | Africa, Coffee Break, Uganda, Youth
Coffee Break Episode 5: Youth in Uganda Youth in UgandaWe invite you to take a Coffee Break with us! As a non-profit, here at International Coffee Partners (ICP) each ICP-shareholder has motivations and aims that we therefor jointly put into practice with our work in...
by Jesko Johannsen | Jan 7, 2020 | Africa, Ethiopia
International Coffee Partners (ICP) recently extended its project work to Ethiopia. The “Coffee Alliances for Ethiopia” (CAFE) project is co-financed by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of Austrian Development Cooperation, and will increase...
by Flemming Kohn | Mar 15, 2019 | Africa, Projects, Testimonials, Uganda
Gospel music is playing in the background while Viola sits in the families’ living room and slowly pours water into cups filled with ground coffee. After a few minutes of stirring the coffee is ready to be served. Viola tells that the coffee comes directly from the...
by Aaron Scheuerman | Jan 3, 2019 | Africa, Day in the Life, Uganda
The birds start singing early in the morning on the mountain side of the great Rwenzori Mountain Range in Uganda. Kambere (60), a coffee farmer, starts his 13 hour work day at 6 am but not before greeting his family before starting on his 1-kilometer trek down to the...
by Aaron Scheuerman | Dec 17, 2018 | Africa, Farmer Livelihoods, Tanzania, Testimonials
International Coffee Partners is strongly engaged in strengthening the position of smallholder coffee farmers in Tanzania. Jimmy Kalonga from Izumbwe Vilagge, Southwest Tanzania, was one of the first to join. In Mbeya Rural, Igale Ward lives Jimmy Kalonga, a coffee...
