A new cafe opened in Angus this week, with the aim of generating money for a range of projects in Uganda.
Coffee Exchange Kirriemuir, which is a Fairtrade initiative, is at the Bank Street premises of Strathmore Christian Fellowship and follows on from a similar venture in Dundee.
Organised by Tayside charity Capstone Projects, proceeds will go towards four separate programmes in the town of Lugazi, which is around 35 miles from the capital, Kampala.
As well as spearheading the construction of a small cottage hospital with 17 medical staff, the body has also helped establish an orphanage, a skills training centre to help combat the problem of growing male unemployment and a microfinance project to assist with the development of local businesses.
Director Derek Marshall, who lives in Kirriemuir and attends the Strathmore Christian Fellowship, said the opening was “very exciting”.
He added, “The church has been very involved with us and they have been kind enough to give us the premises for free. I have been to Uganda many, many times now and it is hugely rewarding to see how the people are benefiting from the work that we do.
“We saw the coffee exchange as an ideal way to raise funds because we are all about social enterprise and everything we sell is going to be Fairtrade, just like in our Dundee shop.”