The more long-winded version of our story and what we’re about.

Like we said, Kabum is a different kind of coffee company. We’re born entirely of altruistic, humanitarian interests with one goal in mind: to make as much money as possible for the people of Uganda by allowing them to bypass typical middlemen and sell their coffee direct to buyers on the world market. By doing that, they’re able to sustain themselves and begin turning their country and their economy in a different direction — much like is happening right now in neighboring Rwanda and Burundi.

A double half-caf, no foam, with a side of self-sustaining prosperity.
Because coffee is such a huge commodity, it brings with it tremendous earnings potential. As a result, countless farmers and growers in emerging cultures have been exploited over the years. That quickly became clear to our founders back in 2003 when we first ventured to the western slopes of Mt. Elgon to help drill a well that would provide clean drinking water to the community of Kapchorwa.

After succeeding in providing the village with a clean water source and spending several years
to set-up and administer a child sponsorship program, we began to realize the tremendous coffee growing potential the area had and how, if that system could be effectively put into place, it would be a classic case of “teach a man to fish and you’ll teach him to eat for a lifetime.”

The little engine that can.
With all this in mind, we’ve established relationships with a group of 70 farmers who now form the core membership of the Kabum co-op (some of whom each represent up to 15-30 farmers). These farmers are the first of many who will pay off micro-loans for their land and
infrastructure within five to seven years.

After that, the land, the washing stations and everything else they
need to sustain themselves will belong to them. We’ll remain in the
picture only as administrators. Not middlemen. Just a stewarding




 
team of businessmen who want to make sure that the farmers 
themselves continue to have direct access to buyers and, 
in turn, the highest profits the market will bear for them.

That’s true trade and therein, we believe, lies the engine
that can power huge change.

Today Uganda. Tomorrow the world.
While we’ve been in the region working since 2003, our movement is now reaching the tipping point. Years of hard work have paid off and Kabum’s true trade concept is gaining momentum. Which is great, because we don’t plan on stopping at Uganda’s borders. Our next goal is to take our concept of maximizing profits for local farmers to different agricultural industries and different countries around the globe — all in an effort to free the oppressed, empower the weak and provide for those who can’t provide for themselves.