The Confirmation Class of 2007 started this project and it has been passed to the class of 2008. In 2007 the class raised over £3500. We are hoping to raise more money this year to continue to keep one Catholic school open in Northern Ethiopia by selling Fair Trade Organic Ethiopian coffee

‘The profit from the sale of our coffee will be used to keep the Mirgida Non-Formal school open for the next 12 months.  To do that we must we must raise £1,900 by March, 2007.   We are asking you to ‘Help Us Make a Miracle’ for our friends in Ethiopia.  Our coffee is Fair Trade so we know that the pickers in Ethiopia are getting paid a fair wage for their work. The School we are sponsoring is located in a small village in eastern Tigray.  The area is mountainous, and the land for farming is small in size and yields are low with the local people making a meager living through farming subsistence crops.  The average income for a family is less than £100 per year.’

This project represents the spirit of our group and all we hope to achieve during the next few months.  Thank you to the parish for giving us an inspirational project through which we can animate the main concepts of our Confirmation program and unite us with a greater sense of community in our Faith.   

Clare and Rick 

(2007 2008 Confirmation Teachers)

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