"One love, one heart. Lets get together and feel all right”
It felt right for this to be my chosen song today, it’s just one of the most chilled and positive songs out there and as I’m in the same mood, I thought why not?
If I’m honest I haven’t listened to much reggae other than this song yet and I think I should. I’m always finding music I love in genres I wasn’t expecting to, it’s probably all about having an open mind.
Anyway, I haven’t got that much to say today other than contemplating the wonders of coffee in the morning. I swear I don’t think I could function without it anymore and the one we’ve got is pretty cool too.
A few months ago I was at a craft market whilst away and after wondering through the very tempting cakes and this one amazing paper craft stand, a lady was selling coffee. My mother and I, being the coffee lovers that we are, started up a conversation and found that this coffee was being sold in attempt to raise money for a wonderful charity called “The peace and hope Trust”.
The packet states “The peace and hope trust is a UK based charity and has been working in Nicaragua since 1996... This roasted coffee comes directly from our own farm in the beautiful region of Matagalpa at an elevation of 3,600 feet.”
“The farm provides employment for local families and profits from the sale of this coffee support our work among poor and marginalised people in Nicaragua”
On their website ( http://www.peaceandhope.org.uk/welcome.htm ), it states that their missions include Medical care, volunteer teams to construct schools, clinics, hurricane shelters and other infrastructure, sourcing greatly needed equipment and supplies for the people of Nicaragua and providing education scholarships to ‘promising Nicaraguans’. That’s only some of what they do!
Wonderful isn’t it?
It’s also incredible to think that by me just buying coffee, it would go to help such amazing work hundreds of miles away. So in fact, this coffee isn’t a boring thing to write about at all and proves my belief that everything has a story behind it.
I remember being really interested when the lovely lady who sold me the coffee, explained that I could join the charity and volunteer to go out on one of their missions. Unfortunately because of current education/work commitments I couldn’t at the moment but it is definitely something I want to do in the future. I think it’s such an amazing opportunity, I’d love to help, even if just a little.
I hope this post has introduced you too a charity you might not have heard of and hopefully raised more awareness of the good work that often goes unnoticed.
Take care,
Molly x
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