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Closed 03/07/2018
Weʼve raised £1,363 to help coffee growing communities affected by the Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala
- Funded on Tuesday, 3rd July 2018
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On Sunday 3 June, the Volcano of Fire (Volcan de Fuego) erupted in Guatemala. Villages have been devastated and the conditions and red-hot volcanic material has made the rescue work dangerous. The official death toll is now at 109, with many more missing. The area is a well-known coffee growing area and La Candelaria farm, where we source one of our main coffees in our Revelation blend, has been badly affected by the volcano.
We received this message from Melanie Herrera, the agronomist at La Candelaria who is co-ordinating the relief effort at the farm:
“In Candelaria about 20% of the plantation was damaged. Employees that lived in the area are missing and some have relatives missing too. Some others have lost members of their families. We are very heartbroken about this and doing our best to help them in any way they need.
We are currently working on a detailed list of our team members and the damage they suffered (either loss of family or material loss). Our focus is to assist to our team members in the best way we can.”
Guatemala is in need of emergency aid – for food, water, sanitation needs and in the long term the reconstruction of houses and livelihoods.
We are reaching out to all the friends of Union to help the people that have been affected by Volcan de Fuego’s eruption.
100% of the funds received will be transferred to La Candelaria to help the victims.
We are donating all the profits from the sale of Revelation on our website in the next week to the Candelaria relief effort.
• Union are donating 500USD to the fund.
• We’ve given our staff the chance to choose a £10 donation from Union instead of their staff coffee allowance this week
• We’re organising a bake sale in the roastery next week.
If you’d like to help the fundraising effort, we and Candelaria would be grateful. La Candelaria farm has been part of the Union family since 2010, and we’ve been working with Luis Pedro’s farms since 2002 so it is a deeply personal relationship for us.
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Lucinda Leathes
Jul 2, 2018
Thinking of everyone affected by this from all of us at Blossom & Brew.
£30.00
Rebecca White
Jul 2, 2018
£10.00
Steven & Jeremy
Jun 29, 2018
Brew Lab customers and staff
Jun 28, 2018
£247.06
ashley dawes
Jun 28, 2018
Coffee plant
£5.00
Barry Wright
Jun 28, 2018
Gemma
Jun 27, 2018
£5.00
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