{"id":11683,"date":"2020-11-13T09:52:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T09:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/?p=11683"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:56:21","slug":"nyabibrew-support-devastated-rwanda-coffee-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/nyabibrew-support-devastated-rwanda-coffee-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"NYABIBREW \u2014 SUPPORT DEVASTATED RWANDA COFFEE COMMUNITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 25th November 2020, caf\u00e9s, roasters and baristas across the world will come together to join Nyabibrew<\/a> to support the people of Nyabihu, Rwanda coffee communities who lost everything in a terrible landslide earlier this year which we reported here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst the rest of the world and media highly focussed on the Covid pandemic in the midst of May, heavy rains swept across Rwanda, causing flash flooding and disastrous landslides that left 72 people dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Nyabihu District, there was an estimated USD $132,000 worth of damages. Communities have lost loved ones, and their livelihoods with at least 325 homes destroyed along with a lot of the infrastructure they needed for survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community buildings, including 36 classrooms, 12 community churches, 10 administrative posts, a healthcare centre and the Vunga market all sustained significant damage that needs to be urgently replaced or repaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coffee trees and farms were also destroyed. The crops and livestock were essential to daily life in this region as farming families rely on coffee for 65% of their income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Families typically own 0.4 Ha & produce about 1200-1400 kg of coffee cherries per annum giving an average household income of less than USD $700\/annum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of the impacts from the global Covid pandemic, farmers were already receiving a reduced income.

While the government is working to the best of its capability to respond in the current economic environment, additional support for farmers is critically needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raw Material in collaboration with Muraho Trading Co., and the Rwandan government, launched a GoFundMe campaign.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign is structured in three phases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n