by Colt Austin | Oct 5, 2016 | Coffee, Community, Sourcing, The Amavida Family
When you think of what a family is, what is your first initial thought? Maybe your mom, dad, a sister or a brother? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines family as a “specific group of people that may be made up of partners, children, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins,...
by Jennifer Pawlik | Mar 28, 2016 | Coffee, Community, On the Ground, Sourcing
We arrived in Chiapas, Mexico late on Sunday, January 10th, 2016 and stayed in the region until early the following Sunday, the 17th. Amavida Coffee’s founder, Dan Bailey, operation manager, Colt Austin, my fiance, Mischa Pawlik and I were there on a delegation with...
by Adrian Edge | Feb 11, 2016 | Community, Events, Fundraising, On the Ground
Running 40 miles is an absurd distance. Just consider for a moment what 40 miles is. That is, on average, 80,000 steps or 211,200 feet. If the average person started walking that distance, it would take about 13 hours to complete. For the 40 mile run I am referring...
by amavidaMain | Oct 28, 2015 | Coffee, Community, Fundraising, On the Ground
Rebuilding Women’s Hope in the DRC, a profile of founder Marcelline Budza In May of 2015 I traveled to the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a member of On The Ground’s Run Across Congo to run 7 marathons in 7 days across the country. With every step I had...
by amavidaMain | Oct 8, 2015 | Art, Cafes, Events, Fundraising, Local
Amavida Coffee – Rosemary Beach is proud to host Perfection is a Moving Target, an art exhibit by Bailey Miller from October 8th – November 18th. 100% of proceeds from this exhibit will go to Nicole Paloma’s #Love_Sewn, which works to promote...
by amavidaMain | Aug 19, 2015 | Coffee, Community, Fundraising, News & Media, On the Ground
PROJECT CONGO On The Ground’s Project Congo concentrates on gender equality and women’s empowerment initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the DRC, the inferiority of women has always been embedded in the social system, and starvation, lack of...