In Ethiopia, it started with a coffee bean...
With each new day, Yenenesh woke up and wondered how she would feed her children. As a single mum, the weight of her world was always heavy on her shoulders.
She never had the opportunity to learn to read or write and money was always tight. So tight, Yenenesh didn’t have enough money to pay for uniforms and supplies to send her kids to school. Still, most days she woke up determined to do her best with what she had and make a life for herself and her children. On busy market days, Yenenesh walked through the bustling aisles scanning the ground for coffee beans left over from the coffee stalls. One by one, she gathered the discarded beans until she filled her cup and could sell it for a small profit she hoped would cover that day’s needs.
The next day, Yenenesh woke up and did it all again.