Fancy a coffee?
Sister Jacinta, who heads the Little Shepherd School in Rutunguru, Uganda is planting coffee bushes this month.
When asked to plan an income generating scheme to improve the sustainability of her school she looked at many options, finally turning to the coffee bean.
The school will plant 2-3 acres of land with coffee, at a cost of £900 which HUGS is funding.
Over the first two years yields will be low but there after Sr Jacinta has worked out, profits will pay the school fees for 5 orphans and another 7-10 low income families, as well as provide money towards the teachers salaries. If families can’t pay for their child’s education they can work on the plantation in kind.
Coffee grows well in Rutunguru.
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