by Sarah Kenyi | Mar 24, 2020 | Day in the Life, Testimonials, Uganda
It’s 4am. Many people in Mityana, Uganda are still in deep sleep. Many people, that is, except Simon Genza a young and enthusiastic coffee farmer. It is harvesting season and there is a lot to do. After saying his prayers and freshening up he revises his notes on...
by Aaron Scheuerman | Sep 9, 2019 | Brazil, Day in the Life, Farmer Livelihoods
Day in the Life of A Coffee Farmer – Gean The moon spotlights the century-old abandoned church that sits on Gean Gomes Ferreira’s (32 years) coffee farm in the mountains of Manhuaçu, Brazil. It’s 6 am and across from the church lives Gean in his modest...
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...