Mel Evans-Glenn of Conscious Coffees fundraising for Run Across Congo

Every dollar you spend is a vote for how you want the world to be. It can determine how people live. It impacts the environment. It can promote war or peace or influence justice. 


In May 2015, Mel, Owner of Conscious Coffees, will run 200 miles - 7 whole marathons in 7 consecutive days - across the Congo to raise awareness for the challenges that these communities, and in particular, the women of Eastern DRC face daily to bring us luxury goods at a very affordable price. 

Mel lives by the belief that everyone she touches in her day-to-day life is her neighbor and a part of her community. So she feels it’s important to take some responsibility for the people that grow her food, whether that be her strawberry farmer in-county or a coffee grower in the DRC. Fair Trade, and direct action in these communities can have a significant positive impact on these communities. 

This area of the world ranks among some of the lowest in the world for gender equality and gender development according to the 2014 Human Development Report. In the DRC, nearly 70% of the 66 million population ranks below the poverty line.

100% of money raised by Run Across Congo will fund gender equality training in farming communities. These programs encourage families to shift to an approach where the women of the family can own land - giving the women greater security.  We all play a part in creating, maintaining, and improving the world they live in. 

All donations will go directly to program work, while we runners will cover our own travel expenses. We will run from community to community sharing cultural exchange with these vibrant determined people. Each runner has a goal to surpass $15,000 to go towards programming. Please help us achieve this goal and make a donation today. Every dollar counts.

 

More Information Below: 
Learn more Run Across Congo, an all women team running the 200 miles trail, May 2015. Run Across Congo 
On The Ground is a non-profit whose mission it is to support sustainable community development in farming regions across the world. 

Conscious Coffees believes that our responsibility is to use the vehicle of business as a force for positive change, not to gain wealth at the expense of others or Mother Earth. Each person in our circle from farmer to consumer participates in an economically, socially, and environmentally responsible partnership.