Coffee and Babies

This caught my eye - being in contact with malnurished babies has shown me the real-life tragedy that it is - and how hard it can be for a mother to rise out of poverty with an infant on her hip! Kindly take a moment and at the very least, pretty please,  look at this website and at what these organizations are doing! And if you like coffee, you might as well save a little life while you drink it. I mean, come on! Drink a cup of 100% Arabica roast and know it helped save someone's life? Everybody wins. And even if you're totally heartless  ... ?

                                                               IT'S COFFEE.

Wanna see a description of Compassion's Child Survival Program? Click on this link: http://www.compassion.com/how-we-work/child-survival-program.htm

 

 

Wanna see the coffee options? Click on THIS link:

http://www.coffeeonline.org/coffeeshop/Coffee_Selection/

 

 

To see who else Coffee Online supports, click here:

http://www.coffeeonline.org/coffeeshop/Who_Benefits.html

 

 

 

For comparison, their coffee is the same price (US $11.99) as a bag of Starbucks French Roast. The difference?

 

This is a not-for-profit organization that saves the lives of adorable little baby boys and girls whose lives would suck more than you could imagine if nobody liked coffee. Just sayin'.

Otjiwarango, Namibia

               The town I live in (OH-chee-vuh-RONG-go) is not really a big town, though it is considerably larger and more first-world than the many Namibian villages that are scattered throughout this region. We are a town of about fifty-thousand people altogether. Forty-thousand people live on the East side of Otjiwarango and the remaining ten-thousand live on the West side, which is the ‘well-to-do’ area.

A person driving straight through the town from East to West will notice drastic changes; at first, you’re on a dirt street full of pot holes from the recent rain … lined with shacks made of wood scraps, sheets of metal and wire. As you drive, the road levels out and among the self-built homes you find barbed-wire fences and the occasional cinder-block wall supporting the rest of the home.

The homes you see after that are made entirely of clay bricks or cinderblock. Before you know it you’re driving on pavement and the sidewalks are lined with people selling veggies, clothes, and cheap candy. On every other corner is a bar blasting loud music to the world.

Next you come to the ‘center’ of town (which is way off center), where you find grocery stores, clothing stores, and shops dedicated entirely to the passing tourists. Unlike your average Namibian town, this place also has a handful of small cafes and movie rentals as well.

 On the other side of this area are a number of happier looking homes; thatched roofs, green gardens and healthy trees promise that when you look inside, you’ll find tiled floors, large sofas and paintings on the wall. And quite probably four bedrooms. That are altogether larger than the homes of entire families on the opposite side of the town.

Widest income range in the world? Hmmm … I think yes!