Our Friendly Coffee Fund
Why we set up
the friendly coffee fund
In March 2023, Alice and Ben travelled to Western Uganda to meet the farming communities behind the coffee. What they saw changed everything — and inspired the creation of our Friendly Coffee Fund.
We partner with Agri Evolve on the ground in Uganda — an organisation that truly understands the challenges facing coffee farming communities. Together we're funding school places, books and equipment for children of coffee farmers in Western Uganda.
We started this when we had just 200 subscribers — because we didn't want to wait until we were big enough to care. Every cup you drink helps make this possible.
TOGETHER WE'RE SUPPORTING OVER 100 CHILDREN IN FULL TIME EDUCATION
Why is our first project
in Uganda?
When RISE visited Uganda in March 2023 we were shocked to discover that coffee farmers could not afford to send their children to school — even though it costs just £6 a term to send a child to school on average. From the moment we discovered this, we knew we needed to do something to help, and the idea of the Fund was born.
67.7%
of boys drop out of school attributed to unaffordable education
Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2019/20
62.1%
of girls drop out of school attributed to unaffordable education
Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2019/20
30%
of families in Uganda have to borrow money to afford their children's education
Global Education Monitoring Report 2021/22
Our aim with the Friendly Coffee Fund is to change this — by supporting children in Western Uganda with school fees, school equipment and eventually infrastructure.
We'll be sharing more information here about the coffee farmers we are helping, the positive impact on their education and how you can support us — so check back here for more news soon.
How does it work
in practice?
RISE have found an amazing project coordinator who manages the fund on the ground in Western Uganda. She also works alongside two community leaders who helps us to distribute the funds to the children and families in the region that need it most — usually orphans or those less privileged. The community leaders are also responsible for working with the schools to ensure the children are in school and is able to track their progress. This enables RISE coffee to govern who we have sent to school, how often they attend and the overall impact the Friendly Coffee Fund has had. We are super grateful to our amazing team on the ground who oversee this important work.
SUBSCRIBE & SAVE →Let customers speak for us
BE A PART OF THE RISE MISSION BY JOINING BELOW 👇🏼
Friendly Coffee Fund FAQs
At RISE coffee, we reinvest 1% of all sales across all products and subscriptions. The 1% is of sales revenue and not just profit.
We have partnered with an organisation in Uganda called Agri Evolve who had a 'special projects coordinator' who receives the funds and helps RISE to reinvest them back in to the farming community.
This smooth bold medium roasted specialty coffee has a chocolate base with bright juicy fruits. Works exceptionally well as a filter as well as with milk in an espresso based drink.
Got a question? We've got answers. ☕
Can't find what you're looking for? Drop us an email and we'll get straight back to you.