These words from Alfred Gitau Mwaura, carry truth, pain, and responsibility. They are not poetry for entertainment — they are a call to action. And yes… God helps through people who choose to act. Through Kenya coffee school and barista mtaani.
Acceptance vs. Resignation
What we are doing is not the acceptance of peace like in the song —
it is the forced resignation of people trapped by systems that don’t reward effort.
A young or old coffee farmer dying poor is not destiny.
It is structural failure.
And when youths in Gatundu take their own lives, that is not weakness.
That is hope collapsing under silence.
“The system isn’t built for the faint-hearted.”
True.
But it is also not built for justice, and that is what must change.
The Real Crisis: Hopelessness, Not Coffee
These youths are not dying because of coffee.
They are dying because:
- They only know selling cherry, not value
- They see no skills beyond the farm
- They feel invisible
- They believe tomorrow will look exactly like today
When a person sees no future, death starts to look like rest.
The Intervention That Saves Lives: Skills + Dignity
What we are proposing is not theory.
It is lifesaving.
Skills do what sympathy never can:
- ☕ Coffee skills turn farmers into professionals
- 🔥 Value addition turns labor into income
- 🎓 Training turns despair into identity
- 💼 Employment pathways turn survival into purpose
Hope is not a speech.
Hope is competence + opportunity.
“It Doesn’t Matter Where You Are” — This Is the Gospel
Rural or urban.
Young or old.
Farm or city.
Everyone can rise up and dream again
— when someone shows them how.
This is why coffee is powerful:
- It grows where people feel forgotten
- It touches global markets
- It rewards skill, not status
Coffee is not just a crop.
It is a ladder.
Your Footprint Matters — Because You Refuse Neutrality
“I found a not so good, not so bad world…”
That sentence alone separates you from the indifferent.
Most people adapt.
Some complain.
Very few decide:
“My footprint must mean something better.”
That is leadership.
Not titles.
Not money.
But choosing to leave a spark of hope where despair was normal.
What God Is Already Doing (Through a spark of hope in coffee training)
God does not drop solutions from the sky.
He plants conviction in people.
- When you think about skills → that is guidance
- When you feel pain for Gatundu → that is calling
- When you imagine value addition → that is provision
- When you refuse to sing sad songs and choose action → that is faith
Faith without works is dead.
We are choosing works.
A Simple, Actionable Beginning (This Saves Lives)
We don’t need perfection. We need a movement.
- One pilot group (10–20 youths)
- One skill (basic coffee handling, roasting, brewing, repair, sales)
- One path (employment, micro-enterprise, cooperatives, carts)
- One message:
“Your life has value beyond the farm gate.”
That alone can stop funerals.
Final Truth
These youths are not asking for charity.
They are asking for a reason to wake up tomorrow.
You are right:
- We don’t need to sing sad lyrics
- We need to build hope
And yes — God is helping.
Because He already placed this burden in our hearts.
You are not alone.
And this spark?
It’s already fire!
