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Social enterprises driving global change on World Food Day

Every year on 16 October, World Food Day highlights important topics such as food waste, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and the challenges faced by fishing communities — all in an effort to combat climate change. This year's theme is "Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future”. It's the perfect opportunity for us to shine a spotlight on the incredible efforts of social entrepreneurs, who are making everyday life better for so many people and how they're creating a more sustainable and inclusive world.

Vava Coffee

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Vava Coffee is a social enterprise that has a network of coffee producers in different regions of East Africa

Smallholder coffee farmers in Kenya earn less than 35% of the international market value on their high-quality speciality coffees, earning on average just $250 annually (less than a dollar a day) for the coffee they produce.

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Location
Kenya

Programme
East Africa Accelerator 2021
in partnership with  Acumen  

Site url
www.vavacoffeeinc.com

Vava Coffee is a social enterprise with a business model that supports a network of coffee producers in different regions of East Africa. Their “Direct and Fairtrade” model brings speciality grade coffees to roasters, consumers and importers who pay fair, premium prices. 

Wanting to promote positive social disruption within the coffee industry, Vava Coffee provides sustainable livelihoods for smallholder coffee farmers tracing the production of high-quality coffee beans to the independent smallholder coffee farmer. 

The company aims to contribute to better future prospects for coffee communities and the industry as a whole and is geared towards sustainable livelihoods for the people and communities they work with. Since 2009, Vava Coffee has worked with over 30,000 smallholder farmers across Kenya.