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BOLIVIA
The women of Union Proagro have carved out a place for themselves in leadership roles at the highest levels within their cooperative.
BRAZIL
In addition to their work with Café Femenino, the women farmers of Coopfam further support their families by locally roasting, selling and branding their own coffee.
COLOMBIA
When the women farmers of COSURCA aren’t harvesting their world-class beans, they’re running a kitchen upgrade project that improves the health and safety of homes across their community.
GUATEMALA - Asobagri
In addition to farming highly sought-after coffee beans, the women farmers of Asobagri run a program focused on job training for their daughters.
GUATEMALA – Nahuala
The women now outnumber the men at the Nahuala cooperative. The women farmers have used their increased income to, among other things, send their children to school and fund a librarian position within the community.
MEXICO
The women farmers of Cesmach have used their increased income to support their families during slow production periods brought on by coffee rust, a destructive plant disease.
NICARAGUA
To combat the scourge of coffee rust, the women farmers of Corcasan administer a coffee-tree replanting program to protect and strengthen the economical heart of the community.
PERU
The women of CECANOR are proud to be the originators of the Café Femenino concept. Above all, they feel proud to instill in their daughters the expectation that they will grow up to become leaders in their community—just like their mothers and grandmothers.
RWANDA
The women of Hinga Kawa Abakundakawa are survivors and leaders to their core. Nearly half of them became the sole providers for their families after their husbands were killed or jailed during the 1994 genocide.
SUMATRA
The women farmers of Kokowagayo have constructed a community center to provide a safe space for women to congregate, learn new skills, and continue to rise up within their community.