Starbucks Announces Partnership with Malala Fund in a Global Commitment to Advance Education & Economic Opportunities for 250...
March 07 2018 - 7:00PM
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The Starbucks Foundation’s multi-year strategy
will promote leadership and economic empowerment opportunities for
women and families in coffee, tea and cocoa growing communities
Partnership with Malala Fund will expand the
organization’s Gulmakai Network of education champions in India and
Latin America
Malala Yousafzai curates an exclusive playlist
for International Women’s Day to be played in 10,000 Starbucks®
stores across the U.S. and Canada on March 8
More than 130 million young women and girls around the world do
not have the opportunity to go to primary or secondary school,
representing a generation of young people with limited ability to
access economic opportunities, create their own livelihoods, and
become leaders in their communities1. In many rural, remote
communities around the world, that challenge is made exponentially
worse by poverty, conflict, and gender inequality. Recognizing this
global crisis – and the opportunity to drive long-term impact and
social change – The Starbucks Foundation announced today a
multi-year investment and partnership strategy aimed at empowering
at least 250,000 women and families in coffee, tea and cocoa
growing communities globally by 2025.
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Starbucks Announces Partnership with
Malala Fund in a Global Commitment to Advance Education and
Economic Opportunities for 250,000 Women and Families (Photo: Tess
Thomas/Malala Fund)
To launch this effort, The Starbucks Foundation unveiled a new
global partnership with Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai’s
organization, Malala Fund, towards a shared vision that an
investment in young women and families can have a transformative
impact on communities. Through this partnership, Malala Fund will
work with Starbucks to promote girls’ education and expand
leadership opportunities for young women in coffee and tea growing
communities in India and Latin America.
“I want to thank Starbucks for believing in my dream of a world
where girls can choose their own future. With their support, Malala
Fund will help educators and activists in developing countries get
more girls in school,” Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Laureate and
co-founder of Malala Fund.
The Starbucks Foundation’s partnership with Malala Fund will
build on its ongoing investments in coffee, tea and cocoa growing
communities worldwide with organizations like Mercy Corps, Eastern
Congo Initiative, and Heifer International which since 2005 have
collectively impacted more than 450,000 people. With a deeper focus
on women and families, Starbucks will also be able to accelerate
its broader goal to improve the lives of at least one million
coffee farmers and workers by 2025.
Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders
The Starbucks Foundation aims to promote leadership
opportunities for women and families in coffee, tea and cocoa
growing communities to break down barriers to education, clean
water and sanitation, and economic opportunities. Through its
multi-year strategic partnership with Starbucks, Malala Fund will
expand its work in advocacy, investment, and amplifying young women
and girls’ voices, including growing its Gulmakai Network of
education champions to coffee and tea growing communities in India
and Latin America. The partnership will help expand non-traditional
educational opportunities in those communities and scale leadership
opportunities for young women with a goal to inspire the next
generation of civically engaged leaders. Starbucks also plans to
connect partners (employees) with Malala Fund’s Gulmakai Network
champions to create additional leadership and engagement
opportunities.
“We believe women and families hold the key to long-term
empowerment and social change,” said Virginia Tenpenny, executive
director for The Starbucks Foundation and vice president, Global
Social Impact at Starbucks. “Looking ahead, we want to ensure our
partnerships connect women with education and leadership
opportunities needed to create healthy homes and sustainable
livelihoods – for themselves, their families, and future
generations. We are proud to join with Malala Fund to invest in
young women so they may become leaders in their communities and
achieve their dreams and aspirations.”
Malala Yousafzai Creates Starbucks Playlist for International
Women’s Day
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, Starbucks
today announced Yousafzai will share a specially curated playlist
of songs by female artists from 16 countries to be played in more
than 10,000 participating stores across the U.S. and Canada. The
playlist is also available on the Starbucks page on Spotify.
Towards a Shared Future in Sustainable Coffee
Starbucks has a long history of working with coffee, tea and
cocoa origin communities to address their most critical needs such
as access to water, sanitation, health and education. With The
Starbucks Foundation’s focus on advancing leadership and economic
opportunities for 250,000 women and families by 2025, the
organization will build upon this work and help ensure even more
families benefit. Through its global partnerships, Starbucks and
The Starbucks Foundation are helping to improve the lives of at
least one million people in coffee communities with the following
initiatives:
- A commitment to 100% ethically
sourced coffee – through partnerships with Conservational
International and the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, Starbucks is
championing a global effort to make coffee the world’s first
sustainable agricultural commodity.
- More than $20 million in Origin
Grants from The Starbucks Foundation since 2005 to
organizations like Mercy Corps, Eastern Congo Initiative, Heifer
International and others to support smallholder farming families
with vocational training, increased access to water and health
services, and greater economic opportunity in coffee and tea
growing communities.
- A commitment to invest $50 million in
the Starbucks Global Farmer Fund to provide financing to
coffee farmers. By providing access to capital, farmers have the
ability to make strategic investments in their infrastructure,
offering the stability they need to manage ongoing complexities so
that there is a future for them and the industry. To date, the Fund
has invested more than $22 million in loans impacting more than
40,000 farmers.
- Farmer Support Centers in key
coffee producing countries around the world, including Costa Rica,
Colombia, Mexico, China, Guatemala, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and
Indonesia. There, farmers get free access to the latest findings of
Starbucks top agronomists, including new varietals of
disease-resistant trees, and advanced soil management techniques.
Starbucks goal is to build upon traditional growing methods to help
farmers continue to improve both the quality of their crops, and
their profitability, ensuring the future of high-quality coffees
for everyone.
- A goal to provide 100 million
healthy coffee trees to communities impacted by rust by 2025 to
help ensure the long-term supply of coffee and the economic future
of coffee farmers. Starbucks is working in collaboration with
Conservation International and its partners on the ground to share
what it learns across the industry and ensure that other farming
communities that need to replace their trees can benefit from this
program. To date, Starbucks has donated more than 30 million trees
through the One Tree for Every Bag Commitment.
About The Starbucks Foundation
Established in 1997, The Starbucks Foundation has strengthened
communities around the world by advancing opportunities for youth,
veterans, refugees and coffee, tea and cocoa farmers and their
families, supporting communities affected by disaster, and
promoting civic engagement. The Starbucks Foundation is a U.S. 501
(c)(3) charitable organization under U.S. law, and receives funding
primarily from Starbucks Corporation and private donations. Learn
more at
https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/community/starbucks-foundation.
About Malala Fund
Malala Fund is working for a world where all girls can learn and
lead without fear. Learn more at www.malala.org.
1 UNESCO (2016)
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002452/245238E.pdf
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