Spirit of Africa Pin • Funding Drying Beds at Kii

Producer: Joyce Wanjiku Project: Metal Drying tables Goal: $10,000 raised Region: Kirinyaga, Kenya Kii is a washing station we've purchased coffee from for 6+ years now, and has consistently been some of our favorite among the hundreds we cup in Kenya each year. The former director, Frederick, of the Runge'to cooperative, of which Kii is part of, impressed us with his implementation of forward looking projects including a cooperative bank and transparent payment system for farmers delivering cherry. He also built a thriving dairy cooperative for the coffee farmers since many of them still hold significant portions of their money in cattle. Frederick unfortunately passed from covid, but we see the new director continuing his legacy of outstanding performance and investment in their farmers and quality. This year Joyce is working to put in metal drying tables. This seems like a small upgrade, but wooden drying tables tend to sag heavily in the middle, which creates more work, and lower