Tapestry

In my academic position I am a student of social work N.T.A level 5 at Hubert Kairuki University. I chose to study social work professional because when I finished my ordinary level education I was lucky enough to join at Kampala University College in Dar es Salaam campus, I took a marketing management but did not succeed in finishing school because I got pregnant while am in college and due to our African traditions a child getting pregnant while still a student does not seem to fit in at all.

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Women like Theresa will forever and always be the measure of what it means to be a leader, a guide and a beacon. Forever grateful, and always looking for ways to support, mirror and further the work that she has spent her life building and delivering.

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We are still challenged with threats of white supremacy and consider the parallels of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people in Colorado at the time of the Sand Creek Massacre in Eastern Colorado 1864. History can be our teacher, wherever we come from, and our ancestors can be our guiding lights to find our way forward. We are all challenged to try to understand where we are today as we remember Sand Creek.

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We want to give back to Selva Negra, help them re-build from the devastation, and by purchasing their incredible coffee from Mausi’s daughter, Heddy through her amazing company here in the US, JavaVino, you can give back and participate. Photo credit: Gregory Ross

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“Up in the air you breathed easily, drawing in a vital assurance and lightness of heart. In the highlands you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.”
~ Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa

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I would like to introduce you to Mausi Kühl. “She has a farm in Nicaragua.” This farm, Selva Negra, is not just an ordinary farm, but an extraordinarily magical place high in the cloud forests in the northern region of the country. Coffee is the primary crop grown on this farm and is sold around the world as one of the highest quality coffee beans produced in Latin America.

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