{"id":118,"date":"2025-11-18T22:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kemesha.org\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2025-12-09T19:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:47:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kemesha.org\/?page_id=118","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id118_aa6227-b2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id118_aa6227-b2 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id118_aa6227-b2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id118_aa6227-b2 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id118_aa6227-b2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_a77704-d3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_a77704-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_a77704-d3\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_a77704-d3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_a77704-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_a77704-d3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading118_a77704-d3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_a77704-d3\">Our Story<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_81a353-f1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_81a353-f1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_81a353-f1\"]{max-width:791px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_81a353-f1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_81a353-f1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_81a353-f1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading118_81a353-f1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_81a353-f1\">Kemesha Culinary Art &amp; Coffee Science Academy was founded in 2025 with a simple but powerful belief: coffee can open doors. In Addis Ababa\u2014Ethiopia\u2019s vibrant capital and the birthplace of coffee\u2014we saw how this heritage could become more than a tradition. It could become opportunity.<br>Many talented individuals are searching for stable employment and a chance to build a secure future. At the same time, Ethiopia\u2019s expanding caf\u00e9 sector needs skilled, confident baristas. Kemesha was created to meet both needs by offering hands-on coffee education supported by mentorship, life-skills development, and pathways toward dignified work.<br>Though we began as a small pilot initiative, our mission has quickly grown. Today, Kemesha Academy continues to use coffee as a tool for transformation\u2014turning potential into purpose, skill into opportunity, and hope into a pathway forward.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_fa62fd-3e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_fa62fd-3e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_fa62fd-3e\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_fa62fd-3e mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading118_fa62fd-3e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_fa62fd-3e\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading118_fa62fd-3e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading118_fa62fd-3e\">Our Values<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id118_5ccef6-52 > 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