Monthly Archives:: December 2009

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For many Kenyan households, the year 2009 cannot end soon enough. Even with indications that the economy which last year suffered its worst slowdown in five years is revving back to recovery, it has been a year of surviving one day at a time for many families in the midst of a prolonged drought that… Read more »

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In their Christmas Day Behind-the-Scenes Webisode 10 on The Mocha Club Experience, Skiff and Char ask if any of you have questions for them.  Here’s your chance to post questions for the guys, and they’ll answer them in the next behind-the-scenes webisode. So ask away!  Just post a comment below and the guys will be… Read more »

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Mocha Club has joined up again with 963 Missions to provide several short-term trip opportunities in 2010 for you to travel to a country in Africa with other Mocha Club members and friends. We want you right there in the middle of it all to see firsthand what giving up 2 mochas a month can… Read more »

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Char & Skiff share footage from Darfur, Sudan and explain how Mocha Club drills wells there… The Mocha Club Experience: Starting November 1, 2009, Seattle Pacific University recent graduates Daniel “Skiff” Skiffington and Charlie “Char” Beck visit all of Mocha Club’s current projects in 7 countries and take Mocha Club supporters and friends on a… Read more »

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by Daniel “Skiff” Skiffington The streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia bustle with activity during the day.  Shoppers crowd markets, taxi cabs dash across busy streets and Arabian-style music booms from office towers.  For the most part, Addis seems to be an ordinary city.  But as the sun sets, remaining illusions of normalcy disappear.  Young girls,… Read more »

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