El Porvenir Coffee Co-op
Through COPROEXNIC we have developed an
extraordinary relationship with one organic coffee cooperative, El Porvenir.
This cooperative has 52 families and is located up near where a devastating
mudslide happened during Hurricane Mitch, when more
than 2,000 people were buried alive. El Porvenir did not suffer a mudslide, because
they had not deforested their land.
Working with these amazing people, the CDCA has taken
medical brigades up on an average of six times a year. We help fund a teacher for grades 7 –
9. We have helped them get limited
solar power and are helping in getting electricity and water to the top of
their mountain…right now during the dry season they live on one gallon of water
per person per day. Imagine if you can!
El Porvenir produces a very high quality crop of
rustic shade grown organic coffee each year, which is purchased by folks in the
U.S. who are dedicated to helping the co-op. These sales are extremely important for El Porvenir because they don’t
have other cash income for their community – they need this money to buy
clothing and food and to pay for education and medical care for the community’s
250 members.