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A good COFFEE CULTURE

Now that I have seen, I am responsible.” These lyrics from Kiwi singer Brooke Fraser’s song Albertine helped inspire disability advocate Robbie Francis as she was building her sustainable-coffee charity, The Lucy Foundation.

Born with phocomelia syndrome, which results in underdeveloped limbs, Robbie learnt to walk on an artificial leg. But, because she couldn’t say “prosthesis” or “artificial limb” as a little girl, it was fondly known as “Lucy Leg”. It was an easy choice for the name of her foundation, which

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