As you probably already know, the Missions Committee sponsors the sale of Equal Exchange Coffee through the UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). Paying farmers in developing countries a fair price for their coffee is a mission project in and of itself, but we got an additional bit of good news with our most recent coffee order. From Equal Exchange:
"For every pound of fairly traded products that Methodists purchase, Equal Exchange donates $0.15 to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). For 2006, that amount totaled $17,191.07. This year, UMCOR used these funds to support agriculture development in West Africa."
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