Costa and Complete Coffee Trip to Colombia

The new playground donated by the Costa Foundation.	Mark Ayling receiving a gift on behalf of Complete Coffee Ltd.

Welcome banner made by the children for Costa and Complete Coffee.

In February 2008, Mark Ayling of Complete Coffee Ltd and Nicolas Rueda, European Director of FNC, accompanied Liz Perry, Gennaro Pelliccia, Giorgio Fioravanti and Neil Cox of Costa Limited (Costa), to Colombia to visit Anatolí School in La Mesa, Cundinamarca.

In 2007, the Costa Foundation, with local support from the FNC, was the major sponsor of Anatolí School, which was completely rebuilt and refurbished with facilities including a new kitchen and toilets, school materials and computers. In addition, a new playground was recently built as a result of a previous visit to the school by a team from Costa, who were able to see for themselves the real need for play facilities alongside the school and provided the necessary funding for this to be built.

The school ‘farm’ area – growing vegetables for use in the school and community.

A Nutritional Programme has been set up to teach the children about food and health – this programme is directly sponsored by Complete Coffee Ltd.

The trip was a huge success and the people of La Mesa showed their appreciation by taking the group on a tour around the new school and grounds. Both Costa and Complete Coffee were presented with a gift from the community (see photo).