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Burundi Coffee Farmer: Benjamin from Musema
This is Benjamin. We met Benjamin along the side of a dirt road in Musema. He was picking coffee cherries from his trees, and our kids were climbing over a fallen tree nearby with some local kids. We...
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Burundi Coffee Farmer Story | Rosato Rugoke
This is Rosato and he’s a Burundi coffee farmer…When he looked into my camera lens, I felt like I saw his entire soul just hanging out in the open. Like many Burundians, Rosato is not sure how old he...
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A Burundi Coffee Farmer Story: Tharcis
When Tharcis (Tar-cease) Ntahonkuriye wandered into my makeshift studio space in the coffee hills, this 76 year old mostly toothless coffee farmer won me over instantly. It is a running family joke...
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Burundi Coffee Farmer Story: Charles Ndayishimiye
CHARLES NDAYISHIMIYE Gahaga Hill Charles asked us what all the fuss what about, “Why is the white lady (muzungu) here with all her cameras?” he said. I told him the pictures were for me. A project I...
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Burundi Coffee Farmer: Espéciose Manirakiza
War continues to pulse it’s reaching veins through lives and lands long after the guns stop ringing. For Espéciose, that means being the sole provider for her 6 children in one of the most poverty...
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Burundi Coffee Farmer: Benjamin from Musema
This is Benjamin. We met Benjamin along the side of a dirt road in Musema. He was picking coffee cherries from his trees, and our kids were climbing over a fallen tree nearby with some local kids. We...
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Burundi Coffee Farmer Story | Rosato Rugoke
This is Rosato and he’s a Burundi coffee farmer…When he looked into my camera lens, I felt like I saw his entire soul just hanging out in the open. Like many Burundians, Rosato is not sure how old he...
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A Burundi Coffee Farmer Story: Tharcis
When Tharcis (Tar-cease) Ntahonkuriye wandered into my makeshift studio space in the coffee hills, this 76 year old mostly toothless coffee farmer won me over instantly. It is a running family joke...
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Burundi Coffee Farmer Story: Charles Ndayishimiye
CHARLES NDAYISHIMIYE Gahaga Hill Charles asked us what all the fuss what about, “Why is the white lady (muzungu) here with all her cameras?” he said. I told him the pictures were for me. A project I...
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Burundi Coffee Farmer: Espéciose Manirakiza
War continues to pulse it’s reaching veins through lives and lands long after the guns stop ringing. For Espéciose, that means being the sole provider for her 6 children in one of the most poverty...
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Dorothy: Burundian Coffee Farmer
“Growing Coffee is like raising a child. You have to wash them, nurture them, and look after them.” -Dorothy We spent part of a Saturday at Dorothy’s house on Gaharo hill. The minute she saw our baby...
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Ninasi: Burundian Coffee Farmer
“I tell my children to work hard because it is how we will fight the poverty. My children bring me the most happiness- I have seven of them and they are all farmers too.” Ninasi’s role model is the...
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Evariste: Burundian Coffee Farmer
Have you ever tasted coffee? “Today was the first time.” What did you think? “It is very bitter- but I’m glad you see the value in it!” -Evariste During harvest, Evariste walks his coffee cherries 5...
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Charles: Burundian Coffee Farmer
Development begins by picking up a hoe. Without working these fields, we will never move forward. What has made you the happiest in this life? Being taught by my father how to farm. It is what has...
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Elizabeth: Burundian Coffee Farmer
Have you tasted your coffee before? “Yes. It’s disgusting. It tastes like medicine!” What do you hope for your children? “That someday they will have a life outside of poverty.” It’s time for a...
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Spes: Burundian Coffee Farmer
Life’s best moments often seem to be tucked deep inside the ordinary ho-hum minutes of our days. On Tuesday, the boys and I gave our turtle Popcorn a bath. His name alone makes me smile- one day Ben...
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Before + Now: Salvator
“I liked seeing other people’s photos and hearing their opinions. Doing that, getting closer as a community, helps us to grow.” Salvator is a forty-two year old coffee farmer from Gaharo hill in...
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Before + Now: Dorothy
“We know that people who buy the coffee are interested to know where it comes from.” With her loveable personality and seemingly endless wisdom, Dorothy is an anchor in her community. At forty-three...
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Before + Now: Apollinaire
Apollinaire has grown coffee for more than four decades but rarely had the chance to taste it. “I only drink coffee when they give it to us at the washing station. Coffee is sweet. I like it more than...
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Before + Now: Emilienne
When she was just sixteen years old, a student named Emilienne fell in love and dropped out of school, choosing marriage over her schoolbooks. In 1993, just four years later, she tragically lost her...
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