UK COFFEE WEEK – SUPPORTING COFFEE GROWING COMMUNITIES
UK Coffee Week
Supporting Project Waterfall
Insomnia is once again taking part in UK Coffee Week – a week-long celebration of coffee raising funds for the charity Project Waterfall, bringing clean drinking water to coffee growing communities.
UK Coffee week is taking place from October 16th – 22nd, during this week we will be donating 5p from every hot beverage sold to Project Waterfall
Project Waterfall is a charity initiative working to bring clean drinking water, sanitation, and education to coffee farming communities. This year, all funds raised through the campaign will support a project in the Berbere district of Ethiopia which will reach 40,000 people with clean water.
About Project Waterfall
Today, 703 million people around the world don’t have access to clean water. The majority live in isolated, rural areas – the same areas growing our coffee.
Coffee is a water-intensive crop with a large water footprint. Up to 840L of water is needed to make one 750ml pot of coffee. That’s more than tea, sugar, wheat, and barley. While we enjoy the purest filtered water in our coffee, the communities at the end of its supply chain face a water crisis.
Project Waterfall’s mission is to unite the coffee industry and coffee consumers to give back to the communities growing our coffee, by investing in sustainable clean water, sanitation and hygiene projects. This is why 100% of funds raised by UK Coffee Week go straight to Project Waterfall.
This Years Project
Funds raised during UK Coffee Week 2023 will directly fund Project Waterfall’s latest initiative in Berbere, Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia is considered the biological and cultural home of coffee.
- 82% of households in the Berbere area use water from unprotected sources.
Working in partnership with the local government as well as WaterAid, Project Waterfall will build a solar powered multi-village gravity-flow water system, that will provide water to 40,000 people.
The new infrastructure will be climate resistant and accessible to everyone in the area.
Throughout the week, our UK outlets will be fundraising by donating 5 pence from every cup of coffee served - We hope to see you around in one of our stores and that your coffee matters this week!
To learn more about Project Waterfall check out this video - What is Project Waterfall? - YouTube