Three women at a Grounds for Health screening at Dore Bafano Primary Hospital in Sidama. Grounds for Health photo.
The Vermont-based nonprofit Grounds for Health is receiving a two-year, $175,000 grant from the Starbucks Foundation that will greatly increase the group’s programming in coffee communities in Ethiopia.
The grant represents the first time the Starbucks Foundation, which receives its funding from the company and private donations, has donated to the 23-year-old nonprofit, which runs cervical cancer screening and prevention programs in coffee-growing regions in Latin America and Africa.
“From day one, Grounds for Health’s sole focus has been to improve women’s lives in under-resourced coffee regions, “ Grounds for Health Executive Director Ellen Starr said in an announcement of the award. “This generous grant from The Starbucks Foundation will help us make a real, tangible impact in Ethiopia not only for the next two years, but for…
