Singing Rooster helps to support their school in Jeannette, Haiti.
In troubled economies, nonprofits need extra creativity with raising money. Launched in late 2008, Singing Rooster.org sells Haitian Mountain Blue Coffee worldwide in an effort to raise money for Haiti.
100% of Singing Rooster's proceeds go BACK to Haiti to help build self-sustaining communities where the Rooster support schools, clinics, pay nurses, devise clean water, and help develop economic infrastructures through education, job training & agriculture - like coffee growing.
According to Singing Rooster’s organizer, Molly Nicaise, “Coffee is a no-brainer. People drink coffee by the gallons every year. Haiti ALREADY has the capability of becoming a world-class coffee exporter. So selling great tasting coffee to folks who love a rare bean becomes an obvious answer.” Their Haitian Mountain Bleu coffee comes from the same plant & is grown in the same region as the wildly successful Jamaican Blue - but at a fraction of the price.
Singing Rooster partners with Fair Traders; they support Haitian farmers & purchase beans directly from grower coops. They collect funding for coffee seedlings and for training on growing coffee sustainably. Coffee farmers are encouraged to follow sound bio-diverse cultivation practices by growing coffee without chemicals which Haitians already do [put simply, most Haitian farmers can't afford them anyway], on shaded ground [vs. clear cutting], and other bio-responsible practices.
Even in tough times, people buy coffee. Buying a rare bean at a reasonable price and for a great reason, is as she said earlier, a no-brainer.
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