Last week, our intern Zofia visited two of our projects in Addis Ababa: the Kibebe Tsehay orphanage and the Ketchune Girls Orphanage.
Here are her stories from the field!
International Women’s Day 2025 is a call to Accelerate Action towards gender equality. At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158, which is roughly five generations from now, to reach full gender parity, according to data from the World Economic Forum. By taking decisive action today, we can break systemic barriers and create opportunities for women and girls worldwide.
Over the past year our partner @WaterAid has been working with the district government of Bugesera, Rwanda on a project that aims to provide 46,845 people in the communities of Mwogo and Juru with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) by 2025. We are delighted to announce that we will be supporting this project as it moves into it’s second year.
Mother of seven Safiya has to walk for hours everyday to collect water for her family. Once our project in Berbere, Ethiopia is complete, they will have access to water from a permanent, safe and reliable source.
We are delighted to announce that Frugalpac, the creators of the innovative Frugal Cup, have launched an exclusive Project Waterfall cup. To support with Project Waterfall’s work bringing clean drinking water to coffee growing communities, the UK-based business will be donating 1p from every cup purchased to the cause.
Luck is an interesting concept. We describe luck as a force that somehow shapes the outcome of events in our lives, but at the end of the day, none of us know what luck really is. This doesn’t stop us from giving luck all the credit for monumental things that happen to us, though. We might say, “It was luck that I won the lottery” or “how lucky that my husband and I met on a blind date so many years ago.” But what if luck extended past these fateful circumstances and became intrinsically linked with our very survival.
Project Waterfall would like to introduce Zofia Wootliff. Zofia started interning with us this summer, and has since become an invaluable member of our team. She has worked to strengthen our community relations in London, while also expanding our social media presence by reaching out to our friends in the coffee industry. We look forward to seeing how she spreads the mission of Project Waterfall at her high school this Autumn.
This week we are so excited to share the story of one of our dedicated interns, Zofia. Zofia started working for The Allegra Foundation this summer and has done amazing work helping us expand our social media platform. More importantly though, Zofia is currently on the ground of one of our projects in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where she is visiting the Kibebe Tsehay orphanage.
Entries are now being accepted for London’s Coffee Art Project 2016!
The Coffee Art Project is a high profile art competition held in aid of Project Waterfall, with all works linked to the theme of Coffee. Artists at all levels can enter one piece of artwork that connects to 'coffee' and/or 'coffee shop' experience. There is no restriction on media used; sculpture, painting, installation, photography, and mixed media art works are all eligible and welcome!
Thousands of coffee shops across the country took part in UK Coffee Week 2015 from the 4-10 May to celebrate great coffee and raise money for Project Waterfall. Thanks to all the incredible coffee shops who took part in this year’s initiative, Project Waterfall has been able to deliver clean drinking water and sanitation to an entire community in the coffee growing Amhara region of Ethiopia in partnership with WaterAid.