Stories, awards and news from Jacob's Brew and the pay it forward coffee van.https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/en-mthttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/inspiration-works-both-ways/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/inspiration-works-both-ways/Over the past few years, we have had the incredible privilege of visiting many schools with our coffee van, talking to the students about paying it forward whilst serving hot cocoas and cookies.Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/inspiring-others-starts-with-believing-in-yourself/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/inspiring-others-starts-with-believing-in-yourself/This year a resident at Tal-Ibwar was given the opportunity to volunteer at our little coffee shop with a big as part of the rehab programme that he is currently undergoing. He loved it so much that hWed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/project-revamp/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/project-revamp/We keep our promises, in the name of our NGO Survivors Malta. Our plaques hanging proudly on the walls at SAMOC to inaugurate Project Revamp; refurbishing 2 terraces where patients undergoing inpatienThu, 04 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/launch-of-the-reunited-pet-cabin/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/launch-of-the-reunited-pet-cabin/It all started in 2015 when I posted this photo of my sick 15 year old son Jacob being reunited with our family dog for the very first time after fighting for his life in ITU 2 years earlier in 2013. Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/premju-socjeta-gusta-award/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/premju-socjeta-gusta-award/On the 10th of December the man himself Jacob won the prestigious Premju Socjeta Gusta Award recognising his achievements not only on a personal level, but also on his accomplishments in helping otherSun, 06 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/the-winner-of-the-best-csr-initiative/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/the-winner-of-the-best-csr-initiative/On the 28th October we yet again won another award. This time it was for the BEST CSR INITIATIVE at the Malta Buisness Awards, in recognition of our charity work and initiatives funded by our revenue Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/jacobs-pay-it-forward-coffee-van/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/jacobs-pay-it-forward-coffee-van/Our Jacob’s Coffee Run initiative was launched in January 2018, delivering free sandwiches and coffee to the families in the (ITU) intensive Care Unit waiting area at Mater Dei Hospital. UnfortunatelySun, 30 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/the-peoples-choice-msia-2019/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/the-peoples-choice-msia-2019/I tell myself each and every day BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND OTHERS WILL BELIEVE IN YOU and I live by the rule that YOU FAIL IF YOU DON’T TRY. Something I told myself a few years back when I took the deciThu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/the-gem-in-the-south/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/the-gem-in-the-south/A little over a year ago we wrote to Bizzilla Magazine (an inflight magazine that is read by thousands of tourists traveling to and from Malta via Airmalta) to discuss the possibility of our shop JacoWed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/beckys-rose/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/beckys-rose/Rebecca Durke ‘Becky’ was a loving wife and mother to two beautiful boys. She was also a dear friend to us and treasurer of our NGO Survivors Malta. She battled with Cancer for several years, but sadlWed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/oops-we-did-it-again/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/oops-we-did-it-again/On December 27th 2018 we were honoured to receive yet another award; The Agape International Award 2018 for Social Upliftment and Transformation on behalf of our NGO Survivors Malta. The award was preWed, 09 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/jacobs-brew-the-story-so-far/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/jacobs-brew-the-story-so-far/We have been paying it forward since July 2017. To celebrate the commencement of 2019 we have listed our achievements at the shop to date……… Not only have we succeeded in our PAY IT FORWARD initiativeSat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/why-do-we-donate-to-survivors-malta/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/why-do-we-donate-to-survivors-malta/Survivors Malta support group was founded by our family on Facebook in July 2013 when we discovered that there were no support groups for families like ours that have survived trauma. As a family we hWed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/jacobs-brew-a-dream-come-true/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/jacobs-brew-a-dream-come-true/It all started in September 2016. After the heartache of seeing our son Jacob undergoing yet another brain surgery my husband and I decided to throw caution to the wind and try to fulfil our disabled Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/our-commonwealth-point-of-light-award-at-jacobs-brew/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/our-commonwealth-point-of-light-award-at-jacobs-brew/Pride of place up on our wall at the shop, right next to our treasured letter from the Queen, hangs our framed COMMONWEALTH POINTS OF LIGHT AWARD. Winning this award in March 2018 has been very signifSun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/yarn-boobies-now-in-malta/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/yarn-boobies-now-in-malta/At Jacob’s Brew besides donating a percentage of our profits to our NGO Survivors Malta to help fund projects to better the lives of families facing trauma, we also encourage other entities/NGO’s to uWed, 17 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/mission-accomplished/https://www.jacobsbrew.cafe/blog/mission-accomplished/OUR MISSION : As a mother I have made it my mission to keep the smile upon my son Jacob’s face. Since the moment he came out of his coma surviving a severe brain infection, 2 major haemorrhages, 2 bouWed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT