On Saturday and Sunday, the Women's Coffee Alliance-India Chapter (WCAI) will hold its Coffee Santhe in Bengaluru's Jayamahal Palace Hotel. The yearly event serves as a fundraiser for programmes in women's and children's healthcare, as well as female child education, in both conventional and non-traditional coffee-growing regions of India. These programmes aim to empower female coffee plantation workers and their girl children while also meeting their emotional and physical needs.
Every year, the Coffee Santhe introduces new coffee flavours. It displays many types of coffee beans and brews, introduces new coffee goods and related meals, and includes coffee equipment demos and resources, as well as coffee-related quizzes. The Santhe also sponsors the Women Stars Brewing Skills Championship, which has judges from key coffee-producing and-consuming nations. Female competitors from a variety of cafe chains and merchants compete for the title of Woman Coffee Brewing Star. In addition, the Santhe will host a Kaapi Nakshatra competition in which local and foreign judges will determine the best coffee in the categories of traditional Indian filter coffee, cappuccino, and unique beverage.
The Santhe will also have coffee artwork and artefacts on show, as well as a latte art demonstration and coffee items. "Our programmes relating to education and empowerment serve roughly 500 people in the Kodagu and Chikmagalur areas of Karnataka," stated Sunalini Menon, president of WCAI. The chapter also works to create campaigns and initiatives to help women working on coffee plantations improve their lives. Fundraising activities such as the Coffee Santhe are the primary source of funding for programmes and initiatives to empower women coffee plantation workers.
"With unseasonably heavy rains wrecking havoc on coffee fields, many employees were laid off." We identified such households and provided them with meals to assist them maintain their livelihoods." Su Prana, a baseline health survey for women in India's coffee-growing regions; Nayan Tara, an initiative to educate the girl children of female coffee plantation workers; Aa Haar, which provides the Nutrivite supplement; Kou Shalya, which focuses on skill building in young girls and women in coffee-growing areas; Sam Raksha, an eldercare initiative; and Nir Vah, an initiative to help female coffee workers and their families.
