刚果民主共和国东部前武装分子从咖啡中获得新生_时事

刚果民主共和国东部前武装分子从咖啡中获得新生

A cooperative in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is giving Congolese coffee exports a fresh start. The co-op is trying to do the same for former rebels and soldiers. They are being encouraged to make a better and safer living from coffee.

刚果民主共和国东部的一个合作社给了刚果咖啡出口一个新的开始。该合作社也正试图给前叛乱分子和士兵同样一个新开始。他们被鼓励通过咖啡过上更好更安全的生活。

The co-op is called Sopacdi. Its headquarters are in Minova, a fast-growing town along Lake Kivu. Many people trying to escape conflict have moved there.

该合作社被称为Sopacdi，其总部位于基伍湖沿岸一个快速发展的城市米诺瓦。许多试图逃离冲突的人们已经搬到了那里。

The co-op began in two thousand three. Last year Sopacdi began selling coffee in British stores. It had help from a British nongovernmental organization called TWIN and the British development agency. TWIN helps producers in developing countries sell to supermarket operators in the West.

该合作社创建于2003年。去年Sopacdi合作社开始在英国商店出售咖啡。它得到了来自英国非政府组织TWIN和英国发展机构的帮助。TWIN帮助发展中国家的生产商将产品卖给西方的超市经营者。

Joachim Munganga is the president of the co-op. He says getting a "fair trade" certificate for Congolese coffee took two years. The group had to meet requirements involving respect for the environment and workers' contracts. This year the co-op won an organic certificate and it now has seven buyers in Europe, the United States and Japan.