In a cinderblock-walled courtyard half shaded by palm and balete trees, in the quiet Davao City subdivision of Juna, stands the industrial array of Coffee For Peace (CFP). Bamboo drying frames and stacks of hard plastic tubs flank locally fabricated de-pulper and roaster machines. Close by are tables for sorting beans and, in an adjoining …
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SILFRED “KUYA FRED” ABELITADO IS A FRIEND TO MINDANAO’S FARMERS
- By Jonathan Cranston
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19.March.2016
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19.March.2016
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2016/03/kuya-fred-is-a-friend-to-mindanaos-farmers/
BARISTA CATHY OLITAO SPREADS THE FAIR TRADE MESSAGE
- By Jonathan Cranston
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26.July.2015
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26.July.2015
Longtime Coffee For Peace (CFP) barista Catherine Moreno Olitao wants the Philippines’ small farmers to hold onto their land. She sees how the modern, globalized economy squeezes the life out of traditional family based agriculture, pressuring poor rural folk to cash out and move to the city. Catherine’s farmer relatives live under this strain, and …
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/07/catherine-moreno-olitao-learning-and-teaching-at-coffee-for-peace/
RASSIERE RAMOS FINISHES COLLEGE THROUGH CFP SCHOLARSHIP
- By Jonathan Cranston
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18.July.2015
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18.July.2015
At the close of 2007, young Rassiere Ramos was near to despairing. Unable to pay his college tuition, he had recently been forced to drop out. Rassiere’s family had always been poor. He and his three siblings all longed to earn college degrees and find professional employment so as to help their parents. But the …
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/07/peacebuilder-profile-rassiere-ramos/
PEACE AND RECONCILIATION BECOMES PRACTICAL FOR COFFEE FARMERS
- By Tala Alngag Bautista
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06.June.2013
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06.June.2013
PeaceBuilders Community, Inc., in partnership with Catholic Relief Services and Kapwa Upliftment, intensify the advancement of Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) principles and practices among the people in Sitio Pluto, Barangay Balutakay, Municipality of Bansalan, in the Province of Davao del Sur. On 4-5 June 2013, farmers in this community felt the practicality of peace and reconciliation …
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2013/06/peace-and-reconciliation-becomes-practical-for-coffee-farmers/
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- PBCI-CFP TRIBE PARTICIPATED IN A ‘COMMUNITY RESOURCE SHARING’ EVENT 03.August.2020
- IN RESPONSE TO THE NEW REALITIES, WE’RE RECONFIGURING OUR OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS 22.July.2020
- PBCI-CFP FAMILY GIVES BIRTH TO WOMEN’S SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INITIATIVES AS A RESPONSE TO COVID19 REALITIES 10.July.2020
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