Pop into any coffee shop and you might see a charity collection box sitting on the counter. Pop into Tinderbox
in Glasgow or London and you’ll notice something a little bit different – an invitation to donate your change to Coffee Kids.

It’s a great cause – run by an American charity. The idea is to help improve the quality of life for children and families who live in coffee-growing communities around the world. And it’s working. Every single Coffee Kids project is different, solving local problems instead of imposing a ‘big’ solution. That could mean scholarships or money for school supplies – right through to democratically run community banks offering low cost credit.

Coffee Kids is even promoting renewable energy, health improvements and school building programmes.

If you want to find out more, or order your collection boxes, please visit www.coffeekids.org or call Julie MacDonald at Matthew Algie on 0800 263333.

This article originally appeared in Fresh 11