Producer Profiles
COCAFCAL - Cooperativa Cafetalera Las Capucas
Quotable
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My hope is that my children can grow up to be professionals, that I can build a better house for my family, that one day I can have the capacity to help people that are less fortunate than me. Fair Trade makes this dream a possibility. ” Jose Marel Portillo, 1st place cupping competition
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Since we began producing coffee, our lives have steadily improved. Before, people lived almost exclusively in huts made of mud and sticks with straw roofs, today there are no more houses like this. Fair Trade certification has allowed us to improve our lives to a great extent. ” Isrrael Serrano Mejia, a COCAFCAL founder
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Programs
Additonal Teacher for Local School
Additonal Teacher for Local School
When teachers started to leave the local school threatening operations to shut down, COCAFCAL decided to use some of their Fair Trade premium to hire an additional teacher so their children wouldn't have to travel 100 km to the closest school
Special Coffee Competitions
COCAFCAL helped fund their producers to participate in a local Special Coffee competition, to obtain national recognition and boost up their sales.
General Health Program
COCAFCAL organized a health clinic in its community to provide general health care to its members. They imported a Cuban doctor and is allocating a portion of its premiums to medicine.
