npr | C Harbage
Meridah Nandudu, 35, couldn’t find a job after graduating with a degree in social work. That’s when she began to think about coffee as a way to transform her life and the lives of the women from her village. As the owner of Bayaaya Specialty Coffee in Mbale, Uganda, she now buys her coffee directly from more than 600 women farmers, overcoming the initial resistance from the men in the village.