Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Organised by TearfundJoin with your friends, family and churches for the perfect blend of friendship and culture at a Tearfund Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony.
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Welcome to the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony – a tradition that has been well-known and highly regarded in Ethiopia for many years, and a wonderful opportunity to come together with friends, old and new.
Every pound you raise from your Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony will help empower people to lift themselves out of poverty. Tearfund works in more than 50 countries around the world, working through local partners to help individuals, families and whole communities reach their God-given potential.
As well as contributing to an amazing cause, Tearfund’s Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony is a ready-made resource to help you engage your friends, family and church. After years of being kept apart, this is a chance to get together and be part of something wonderful.
For more information, and to access all our amazing resources visit www.tearfund.org/coffee
How your coffee ceremony will make a difference.
For families, like Orbisa's, everyday life is a real struggle. Orbisa lives with her husband and nine children in Afar, north-east Ethiopia – one of the hottest inhabited places in the world.
‘Life is very challenging here, we have no food and are dependent on our livestock for our livelihood. Whenever there is no rainfall, our animals die as there is no grass or water.’ Orbisa
During the rainy season, Orbisa could collect water from a river just five minutes’ walk from her village. As the dry season has extended due to the changing climate, this river has now dried up and no longer provides for Orbisa and her family.
Now, Orbisa has to walk for up to ten hours every day to collect water for her family. The walk is very dangerous as she faces wild animals, including hyenas and leopards.
‘The water I collect is not sufficient, I am only able to collect less than half of what my family needs each day. We need most of it for drinking, but sometimes it is not enough and my family has to go to bed thirsty. I feel extremely sad whenever I cannot provide water for my children.’ Orbisa
But, there is good news. Tearfund is changing lives, by working with local partner, Friendship Support Association (FSA), to set up solar-powered wells that will provide clean water closer to communities. This will help to restore hope and give new life for all who live there.
‘If we could get water access in our village, this would change things for me. This is the first and most important thing that would give me hope,’ says Orbisa.
Stories like Orbisa’s are why we do this.
A gift of £36 could provide three families with access to life-saving water, giving hope and a future to communities.
A gift of £144 could provide 12 families with access to life-saving water, giving hope and a future to communities.
Image credit: Chris Hoskins
