"I brought the idea to my fellow friends, Muslims and Christians, and I said we should make a co-op selling our coffee but as well as spreading peace in the world.
They were all so happy so we called it Mirembe, which means peace, Kawomera, which means that even our coffee must be of quality.Then we made that cooperative." JJ Keki, founder & director, Peace Kawomera Cooperative

In 2004, JJ Keki, a Jewish,Ugandan coffee farmer, asked his Jewish, Christian, and Muslim neighbors to put aside old differences and come together. These Jewish, Christian and Muslim farmers formed a cooperative to build lasting prosperity in their villages and to spread a message of peace throughout the world. They named their coffee Mirembe Kawomera, which means, "Delicious Peace" in the Luganda language. . Mirembe Kawomera Coffee is the first Fair Trade Certified(TM) Ugandan coffee to reach the U.S. market.

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