Afroma House Coffee has a significant social impact aspect.

Afroma House Coffee dedicates 10% of its profits to programs aimed at enhancing the livelihoods of Congolese women refugees in Uganda.

Uganda’s central location in one of the world’s volatile regions, combined with the government’s open policies towards refugees, has established the country as one of the largest hosts for refugees globally. Currently, Uganda accommodates approximately 1.7 million refugees, primarily from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. A significant portion of these refugees consists of women and their children.

One of the major challenges these refugees encounter is the struggle to secure a livelihood, particularly in terms of providing food for themselves while residing in Uganda. This difficulty arises largely due to the limited size of the existing budget allocated for refugee support. The current refugee support budget does not align with the increasing number of refugees in Uganda.

Women Refugees are disproportionately affected due to their traditional role as providers for their families. This situation has driven many women refugees into criminal activities such as prostitution and petty theft in order to secure food, particularly for their children. Tragically, some have resorted to suicide as a result of the depression stemming from these circumstances.

It’s upon this background that Kikomeko Muhammad, one of the Co-founders of Afroma House Coffee and an attorney with an extensive career in the implementation of Refugee livelihood enhancement programs came up with the idea of using one of the Country’s key resources to provide a solution to refugee women destitution while in Uganda

Afroma House sells packed roasted coffee in both the Ugandan and United States Markets and commits 10% of the profits to Congolese women refugees under People for Peace and Defence of Rights (PPDR) a local Congolese refugee led organization in Uganda

Part of the 10% is committed to providing startup capital for Refugee women skilled and ready to start a livelihood enterprise and the remainder is committed to hiring a consultant to skill refugee women on how to successfully start and profitably operate a livelihood enterprise.

Two of the Congolese Refugee women are directly employed by Afroma House.