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International Committee and Action Plan to Come After
First World Coffee Producers Forum

The inaugural World Coffee
P ro duce r s For u m to ok pl ace i n
Medellín, Colombia, on July 10 –
12. The forum brought together
hundreds of professionals from
throughout the value chain and as
the result a declaration and action
plan designed to aid huge networks
of producers throughout the world
were signed.
The Colombian Coffee Growers
Federation (FNC), the even creator,
did a hard work to invite coffee
producers from 40 producing coun-
tries from Africa, Asia and Latin
America. The action plan will be
developed co-responsibly by stake-
holders of the global value chain with the support of the International Coffee Organization (ICO).
In short, according to the FNC, the action plan will focus on addressing low prices and excessive
volatility for producers, adaptation to climate change, scarce workforce, reduced generational change
and producers’precarious social conditions, but first there should be held a study on the matter to
deepen understanding of these problems.

worldcoffeeproducersforum.com

School of the Road: Autism and Adventure Documentary

Film Director, Jeff Hann, who brought to
life “The Coffee Man”, is working on his new
piece, “School of the Road: Autism and Adven-
ture Documentary”, a feature length documenta-
ry and educational short film that will empower
people all over the world to embrace autism.
This educational movie will be free for schools
all over the world to help individuals on the
autism spectrum achieve success and believe in
themselves, open the door to a world of connec-
tion, community and possibility for all on the
Autism Spectrum and help society realize the
importance of presuming competence. The movie tells a story of family of three - Travis, Fiona and eight year old
Patch - that decided to take 3 months cycling trip across the United States. Patch was diagnosed with autism at 21
months of age and has received the most dedicated therapy possible. This cycling adventure allowed the family to
focus on showing Patch what he can do and provided him with the self belief to succeed.
At the moment, the film needs some help to kick off as they need to complete filming for the feature length
documentary. If they reach the target of $350,000 , the post production of the School of the Road feature length
documentary will be completed by December 2018. For now the family already gathered $7,227. If you would like
to know more or help the family with their amazing project, please visit the link below.

kickstarter.com/projects/428257810/school-of-the-road-autism-and-adventure-documentar

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