Coffee Farm Project NW Tanzania

71 years old, raised in Montreal, BSc Eng Physics from Queens, 30 years with Shell Canada Resources in Calgary, retired 2000.

* Moved to Victoria in 2001

* 5 months in Western Darfur with African Union peace keeping force 2005

* 3 x 4 month placements with CUSO / VSO in Uganda & Tanzania 2007, 2008

* Partnered with a large NGO - The Kolping Society of Tanzania (lay apostolate of the catholic Church) to develop and implement a smallholder coffee project in NW Tanzania

PRECEDENT PROJECT SUMMARY

* In 2009, 2010 conceived, proposed and attracted $150k US of funding from the Catholic Church for the project which involved 270 families

* 10 years along and family income from the only cash crop has risen by 400 to 500%, depending on the harvest year.

* In 2019 alone incremental income was 180% of the original project cost

* Village Coffee Farmer Association handling 99% of the ongoing business, so truly sustainable

PROPOSED ROTARY GG

* Initial plan was to duplicate the initial project success with 300 families in a nearby village

* Seven clubs involved including one from Gig Harbour and one from Edmonton

* Delays in Africa Rotary's review has caused loss of $50k US of TRFC funding, so we are restructuring the project to deal with 150 families.