Fara Foundation
Celebrating World Cancer Day
Posted by Lauren Indian on
Check out this video about the cancer prevention campaigns the Fara Foundation has implemented: http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/vls-campana-prevencion-cancer/ For more information on World Cancer Day, check out the website below: www.worldcancerday.org
- Tags: fara coffee, international, nonprofit
Beyond The Buzz
Posted by Lauren Indian on
If there is anything more satisfying than the first sip of coffee on an early Monday morning then I had not yet found it until I came across Fara Coffee. Not only did it give me a delicious caffeine fix, it gave me a way to get involved with a cause bigger than myself. First picking up the flashy, orange bag of coffee I couldn’t help but wonder who Fara was. Why did they give back to the people of Nicaragua? Why was the fact that they were a local company so important? As I became more invested...
- Tags: atx, coffee, curated, direct trade, fair trade, fara coffee, handcrafted, hyperlocal, international, lifestyle, nonprofit
Another Great Year — Many Thanks to Our Supporters, Part I
Posted by Michael Eman on
By Shermakaye Bass Matagalpa, Nicaragua/Austin, Texas — Greetings, friends of Fara Foundation and Fara Clinic. This year marked the fifth anniversary of Fara Foundation as an American NGO, as well as the fifth birthday of Fara Clinic in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. We would like to thank several individuals and groups in particular as we reach this benchmark. And our apologies for this delayed acknowledgement, due to technical difficulties with our website. We cannot fully express our gratitude for all the work and energy that have been donated to the hard-working people of Nicaragua over the years, and giant kudos go out to...
A Heartfelt Thank You to 2015 Supporters, Part 2
Posted by Michael Eman on
Greetings and gracias to our many supporters and volunteers in 2015. As the new year takes off, we’d like to continue expressing our heartfelt thanks to the individuals and groups whose dedication has been essential to the success of Fara Foundation’s mission. Last year, as our foundation celebrated the fifth anniversary of Clinica Fara in Matagalpa, we helped more patients than ever before (by quite a margin!), reaching. By mid-year, we had seen our 10,000th patient. In addition to that, participation in our visiting medical brigades program was at an all time high. Among the regular contributors was the Venkatesh group,...
