合作生产咖啡，化解民族矛盾 (1/2)

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概述： Sopacdi是一个位于刚果东部的合作组织，它吸收了许多曾经的士兵，促进敌对民族的合作，让他们开始了生产咖啡的新生活。
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Democratic Republic of Congo
Congolese
co-op
Sopacdi
Minova
Lake Kivu
TWIN
Joachim Munganga
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本期材料发音模仿地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11885/item/690837/A cooperative in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is giving Congolese coffee exports a fresh start. The co-op is trying to do the same for former rebels and soldiers. They are encouraged to make a better and safer living from coffee.
The co-op is called Sopacdi. Its headquarters are in Minova, a fast-growing town along Lake Kivu. Many people trying to escape conflict have moved there.
The co-op began in 2003. Last year Sopacdi began selling coffee in British stores. It had help from a British nongovernmental organization called TWIN and the British development agency. TWIN helps producers in developing countries sell to supermarket operators in the West.
Joachim Munganga is the president of the co-op. He says getting a "fair trade" certificate for Congolese coffee took two years. The group had to meet requirements involving respect for the environment and workers' contracts. This year the co-op won an organic certificate and it now has seven buyers in Europe, the United States and Japan.
The purpose of the co-op is not simply to produce coffee. Joachim Munganga says the founders of Sopacdi were trying to find ways to help resolve ethnic conflicts in the area. So they brought coffee producers together and persuaded them to form a co-op.刚果民主共和国的东部有一家合作社给该国的咖啡出口带来了全新的开始。这家合作社还在努力为前叛军成员和退役士兵提供帮助并鼓励他们通过种植咖啡来过上更好更安全的生活。
这家合作社名为Sopacdi，总部位于基伍湖沿岸一个快速发展的城市——米诺瓦。许多逃避冲突的人都去到那里定居。
Sopacdi合作社成立于2003年，于去年开始在英国的商店出售咖啡。该社得到英国一家非政府组织TWIN和英国发展机构的帮助。TWIN帮助发展中国家的生产者将产品售予西方超市经营者。
Joachim Munganga是该合作社的总裁。他表示用了两年才获得刚果咖啡的“公平交易”证书，因为合作社必须满足包括环境保护和工人合同在内的各种要求。该社今年获得了有机证书，并已在欧洲、美国和日本有了7个买主。
Sopacdi的目的不仅仅是生产咖啡。Joachim Munganga表示，该社成立者一直努力寻找方法去帮助解决该地区的种族冲突。所以他们将咖啡生产者聚在一起，劝说他们组建合作社。