CIPS Foundation awards funding to Human Practice
Human Practice Foundation (HPF) is a charity committed to improving children’s lives through quality education. Through education, community engagement and economic empowerment, long lasting systemic change can occur, this is evident through their work in rural Nepal, where children lack access to quality education.
CIPS Foundation has awarded funding to HPF to help them operate more effectively as a charity, but also support the HPF Coffee Programme. The programme provides economic empowerment work in Nepal combining sustainable agriculture with access to international coffee markets. The initiative helps parents build stable incomes, enabling their children to attend school and break the cycle of poverty. Since 2017, the programme has transformed Taplejung district into a sustainable coffee-producing region.
Using CIPS Consultancy Services and the CIPS Foundation Diagnostic tool, we are able to embed robust procurement and supply chain governance and processes in order for the charity to grow, scale and be more effective. The project will also allow CIPS experts to focus on the growth of the coffee programme looking at efficiencies across the coffee value chain – from production to export.
HPF’s Coffee Impact Project was founded in 2018 with the aim to combat poverty, unemployment and youth migration by providing a livelihood through coffee production. The project trained 1,400 farmers, established 10 nurseries with plantations of 310,000 high-quality seedlings. The project is supported with the export of Taplejung coffee to Hagen Espresso Bars in the UK.
The assistance from CIPS Foundation will take the form of practical support through a four-stage approach.
- Stage one: the diagnostic review
Experts from CIPS conduct a review of procurement processes, supplier arrangements and governance - Stage two: implementation planning
Using information from the review, CIPS will draw up a plan with support from the leadership team. The plan will look at how they can best use the experts’ time to get the greatest benefit and have the most long-term impact. - Stage three: targeted technical assistance
CIPS will give hands-on support across the prioritised areas of focus. This could be developing procurement frameworks, working on their relationships with suppliers, looking at their sustainable procurement practices and processes. - Stage four: final review
A final assessment looks back on CIPS’ work with HPF to look at what lessons have been learned and set priorities for the next stage of the journey.
“By implementing CIPS standards the Foundation is professionalising charities to be more effective and ultimately support more people in need. The Human Practice Foundation has education at its core. By providing a sustainable income for families in regions such as Nepal, keeps young people close to home providing quality education” - Ben Farrell, CEO of CIPS
“The Human Practice Foundation is delighted to be partnering with CIPS. Strengthening our procurement and supply chain practices will help us scale our impact more effectively. With CIPS’ expertise, we can grow our coffee programme sustainably whilst continuing to improve education opportunities for children in Nepal.” - Louise Sowden, UK Country Manager, Human Practice Foundation