Congratulations Jairo!
This story is an example of Direct Fair Trade at work.
When Level Ground Trading purchases coffee from Colombia, a Fair Trade Premium is invested in the coffee growing community through a non-profit organization called Famicafé (Coffee Families Foundation). Famicafé grants school scholarships to deserving students in the community. Jairo Serna received one of these scholarships and was able to graduate from highschool. He went on to earn a degree in Agronomy with the help of a loan from Famicafé.
Jairo just wrote to us to tell us he has landed a job with the Colombian Coffee Federation as a field agronomist. He is based in Salgar, a small town on the road to Andes. Andes is the town where we purchase Café San Miguel.
He writes:
Señores Fundación Famicafé, los saludo con un abrazo y a la vez les comparto la alegria en la que me encuentro por estos días, al ser aceptado por la Federación Nacional de Cafeteros para empezar a trabajar como extensionista en el Comité de Cafeteros de Antioquía,especificamente en el municipio de Salgar.
Solo me queda darles un agradecimiento fraterno por la ayuda incondicional que me han brindado, y decirles que en Salgar hay un representante orgulloso de FAMICAFÉ.
JAIRO SERNA.
Congratulations to Jairo Serna -Famicafé alumni and newly hired Agronomist with the Colombia Coffee Federation! Jairo is living proof that investing Level Ground’s Direct Fair Trade premiums in education for rural youth, is a good investment.
