Starbucks and CARE
Working Together to Assist Communities in Coffee Origin Countries Since 1992
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DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Ethiopia
Zege Community Development Project
On the Zege Peninsula of Lake Tana — believed to be the birthplace of coffee — Ethiopian farmers have been cultivating the beans since the 14th century. Starbucks’ funding helped CARE reach nearly 10,000 farmers who restored environmental health to their land using sustainable, ecologically sound practices. The program reduced tree cutting and increased coffee production while incorporating other aspects of development such as community revolving-loan funds, HIV/AIDS education and family planning.
People Helped: 10,000
Contribution: $392,808
Years: 1994–1998
Guatemala
Civil Society Development
Starbucks funded a CARE project to help communities in Huehuetenango strengthen their ability to develop and sustain community-based initiatives. In 1994, only 15 percent of the homes had potable water. In addition, the people were hit hard by the civil war. With support from Starbucks, CARE trained local groups and individuals on organizational planning, financial management, community education and health, and agriculture extension. Included in this training were women’s income generation and technical assistance with the cultivation and marketing of coffee.
People Helped: 34,340
Contribution: $150,000
Years: 1994–2000
Maternal Health and Nutrition
Guatemala has one of the highest death rates in Central America—especially of children. The cause of death is often disease due to contaminated water, inadequate sanitation or poor hygiene. Vitamin deficiencies and malnourishment are also major problems for mothers and their children, especially in rural areas. As part of a large health program operated by the Ministry of Health, CARE provided 17 million pounds of supplementary food and cooking oil to 217,250 women and children in 1993 alone. In addition, Starbucks helped to fund CARE’s efforts to distribute this food and to train MOH staff in health education.
People Helped: 276,000
Contribution: $40,000
Years: 1992–1993
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Regional Technical Advisor
Starbucks helped fund CARE’s Latin America/Caribbean regional technical advisor position in 1993–1994. This field worker is typically on the road six months out of the year, responding to calls from various countries in order to conduct development training, design new projects and help communities with implementation. With Starbucks’ help, the CARE technical advisor was able to perform duties ranging from health and sanitation projects to agriculture consultation and training in small business development.
People Helped: Unavailable
Contribution: $30,000
Years: 1993–1994
Rural Water and Health
From 1993 to 1997, CARE helped nearly 47,000 residents in the Guatemalan highlands gain access to clean water and improved sanitation. With Starbucks’ financial assistance, participants built and maintained 229 water systems and 229 latrines in two neighboring regions of Valentón San Martín and Valentón Cantaníl. In addition, community members learned about the importance of environmental and personal hygiene practices and how the new water systems will impact health and survival. Starbucks stepped in for phase II of the operation, which included vitally important basic health education and the training of community members in the administration, operations and maintenance of the systems. Training women and mothers in water management helped to strengthen the role of women in the project communities.
People Helped: 65,400
Contribution: $189,361
Years: 1993-1997
Indonesia
Community Self-Financing of Rural Water and Sanitation Facilities
In the early 1990s CARE helped communities form water associations. And, with financial assistance from Starbucks, CARE trained those associations to plan, construct and manage rural water systems for irrigation and drinking water. Villagers from communities in the provinces of East Java, West Java and West Nusa Tenggara Barat shared a sense of ownership of the systems because of their direct participation in and management of the project. This type of participation develops skills and builds confidence, the results of which are a more successful, sustainable project.
People Helped: Unavailable
Contribution: $24,892
Years: 1993
Biodiversity Conservation for National Parks
Rural farming families near Lore Lindu National Park in Indonesia are learning to improve their economic wellbeing while protecting the fragile ecosystem they live in. In the past, farmers in the park’s buffer zone planted coffee and other cash crops on the nearby parkland because their own land did not produce ample crops. With help from Starbucks, CARE and the Nature Conservancy worked with more than 31,000 farmers to teach improved agricultural and marketing techniques so that crop yield is higher and more sustainable, and is it is no longer necessary to resort to encroaching on parkland.
People Helped: 31,000
Contribution: $47,629
Years: 1996–1997
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Environmental Education and Media Development
In Kalosi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Starbucks and CARE supported a project to improve hygiene practices and create a healthier living environment. CARE provides a children’s health and environment magazine to encourage better hygiene practices and increase awareness of the environmental factors that affect children’s health. CARE also developed an education program to improve current agricultural practices, watershed management and to help create alternative income-generating activities.
People Helped: 33,000
Contribution: $150,000
Years: 1999–2001
Village Maternal Health Care
Starbucks assisted a CARE project in Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, and West and East Java to expand basic health services that reached a total of 44,000 women and 45,000 children. The ongoing goal of the project is to reduce infant, child and maternal mortality and to increase women’s utilization of health services. Starbucks funding helped CARE train village health workers, midwives and village pharmacists. This program also worked to encourage the development of women’s groups at which women could learn maternal skills such as breastfeeding, birth spacing and nutrition.
People Helped: 89,000
Contribution: $78,995
Years: 1993–1995
Flores Community Health Project
In the aftermath of an earthquake, thousands of residents in Flores, Indonesia, moved to overcrowded shelters where communicable diseases threatened their health. With assistance from Starbucks, CARE helped communities control and prevent infections that were taking a toll on children: pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and skin diseases. In all, more than 48,000 children have been reached.
People Helped: 48,000
Contribution: $40,000
Years: 1992
Kenya
Girl Child Development
In Nyeri, Kenya, Starbucks and CARE are supporting a project to help improve girls’ education and literacy. With Starbucks’ support, CARE is trying to reach more families and communities with written materials on girls’ education, early child marriage, child labor and gender training for teachers in schools. CARE also is working with community leaders to broaden the effectiveness of the program by spreading the message on the importance of education.
People Helped: 70,000
Contribution: $133,752
Years: 2000–2001
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Pied Crow Children’s Magazine
A Starbucks’ donation helped bring the Pied Crow magazine to more than 2 million primary school children and their teachers in Kenya over the course of five years. The magazine published 28 issues, and its 6.7 million copies were widely distributed in and out of classrooms. As much as 45 percent of the magazine’s content was contributed by Kenyan children. The educational magazine, in comic-book format, covered a wide range of topics from health and hygiene to career choices to environmental protection and the equality of girls and boys.
People Helped: 2,200,000
Contribution: $129,003
Years: 1993–1997
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECTS
Angola
Emergency Relief Supplies for War-affected Populations
The people of Angola have lived with civil war since 1975, and the ongoing fighting affects every aspect of their lives. Still, hope survives in this country and any aid given is welcomed and makes a major difference in the lives of the communities and individuals that survive here. In 1996,Starbucks made a contribution of clothing that touched the lives of hundreds of Angolans.
People Helped: Unavailable
Contribution: $1,300
Years: 1996
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Burundi
Internally Displaced Persons Emergency Project
Political instability in Burundi has resulted in the displacement of more than 300,000 people throughout the country. Many have lived for months or years in camps, most of which are seriously ill equipped. Since 1993, CARE has been working in Burundi to provide shelter and supplies to these people. With the support of Starbucks, CARE works to provide clean water and sanitation to thousands of Burundians affected by violence. Access to clean water and adequate sanitation facilities are basic necessities for disease prevention and good health. Together, Starbucks and CARE have worked to provide these vital services to those in need.
People Helped: Unavailable
Contribution: $7,000
Years: 1996
El Salvador
Earthquake Relief
In spring 2001, Starbucks contributed $50,000 to assist relief and rehabilitation in El Salvador following two devastating earthquakes. In January, CARE provided food, water, blankets and shelter to hundreds of thousands of residents affected in a quake that measured 6.7 on the Richter scale, killing 1,159 people and injuring thousands more. Starbucks’ funds helped provide emergency aid to people devastated by this first quake, which destroyed nearly 150,000 homes and damaged an additional 200,000, and to those affected by a smaller 5.4 earthquake that hit the country in February.
People Helped: Unavailable
Contribution: $50,000
Years: 2001
Ethiopia
Borana Relief Project
In spring 2000, Starbucks contributed more than $50,000 to assist emergency efforts caused by drought in the Borana section of Ethiopia. This project assisted 6,000 rural families in construction of water-supply systems, food purchasing and storage, and tool supply. In addition, the project helped the population to strengthen links among communities and with veterinary assistance as well as income generation.
People Helped: Unavailable
Contribution: $50,007
Years: 2000
Honduras and Nicaragua
Hurricane Mitch Relief
Starbucks’ gift of more than $100,000 supported CARE’s relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch. Severe flooding caused by Mitch devastated such communities as La Trinidad in Nicaragua and Marcovia in Honduras, displacing families, ruining crops and causing serious food shortages and sanitation challenges. With financial support from Starbucks, CARE engaged villagers in building their own new houses and creating new communities. Workers were paid in beans and maize for themselves and their families and team leaders were compensated in cash. All community members were trained in construction and thus gained skills as well as food, land and new homes. Community members built water and sanitation systems as well.
People Helped: 4,000
Contribution: $105,797
Years: 1998–1999
India
Earthquake Relief
In spring 2001, the worst earthquake to hit India in 50 years shook the state of Gujarat, reducing houses to rubble within minutes and killing thousands. Hundreds of thousands more were injured, and an equal number of people were left homeless. Measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, this quake was overwhelming in its affect on one of the most progressive states in this populous nation. An immediate gift of $25,000 from Starbucks helped CARE in its efforts to feed, house and provide medical aid to the many communities affected by the quake.
People Helped: Unavailable
Contribution: $25,000
Years: 2001
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