Thanksgiving Coffee Company

Juliana Moskowitz is a 13-year-old eighth grader in Richmond, Virginia. Last year she decided to sell Mirembe Kawomera for her Bat Mitzvah project. In addition to supporting the interfaith work of the cooperative members, she used the coffee to raise money for a lunch program at the main high school where many of the farmers’ children study.

From Juliana’s “thank you” speech, she writes: “I want to thank every single person who bought Mirembe Kawomera coffee from us or gave a donation to the Dora Bloch Lunch Fund. We started this project one year ago and what an adventure it has been. Believe it or not, we sold over 660 bags of coffee. My parents drank at least 20 bags (and if anyone knows my mother you would know that she doesn’t need to be any more hyper). We had an opportunity to educate lots of people about the Ugandan cooperative of Jewish, Muslim and Christian coffee farmers who do their part in making the world a more peaceful place. The coffee is Fair Trade and supports 558 farming families. We also had an opportunity to tell the story of how there came to be a Jewish community in Uganda and the most important thing is that we is raised 1,500 dollars in coffee sales and over 1,200 dollars in donations. Every penny will go to the feed the children lunch at the Semei Kakungulu High School in the Village of Namanyoyi. While this is a Jewish School and the Jews of Uganda are called the Abayudaya, it educates children of all religions. These optimistic beautiful children are literally malnourished. We have much to be proud of.”

Juliana, we are very proud of you! Thank you for all your hard work, and inspiring other youth and adults alike to take action. You rock!

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