At the Las Flores Coffee School in Santa Rosa, Guatemala, 4 students are trained to graduate with a Coffee High School diploma and to become agents of economic and social development. Leadership and entrepreneurial training, with respect for spirituality and cultural identity are key pillars in the curriculum.

By installing 32 solar panels with 120 cells each in the wet mill, the objective of this project is to support the Nuevo Sendero cooperative in the generation of clean electric energy for its wet mill and water pump in Nueva Santa Rosa, Guatemala. The solar panels will significantly reduce the coffee cooperative's CO2 footprint. This installation marks a major step forward in the cooperative's commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.

This specific coffee is called Tanzania “Tumaini”, meaning “HOPE” in Kiswahili. This fully washed Rainforest Alliance coffee has a balanced cup, fine acidity, milk chocolate body with fruity flavors, berry and tobacco notes, bright sweetness and rounded with smooth finish. It is produced by APK, a business owned by a family group with deep roots in Colombia under the leadership of Alejandro Galante, which makes APK uniquely Tanzanian with a Colombian feel. Through the EFICO Foundation project 'Kilimanjaro Water and Food For all', APK, together with Herencia Value Your Legacy and EFICO seek to mitigate productive, social, environmental and financial risks for their operations in Tanzania, while improving resilience in their coffee value chain through the implementation of regenerative and water efficient agricultural systems for coffee and maize seeds in 2 APK farms to restore soil productivity and grant access to water and food for rural communities in Kilimanjaro. Reach out to our team to provide you with more info here.

By increasing water efficiency and reducing risks along the coffee & food value chains, Kilimanjaro Water & Food for All will improve living conditions for 2,700+ families. It deploys an innovative, comprehensive and scalable model for water management & regenerative agriculture to speed productivity recovery, secure rural water and maize seeds supply, reducing CO2 emissions through best irrigation and water use practices linked to water stewardship in 2 farms in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.  

The overall objective of this project is to improve the quality of life of 150 students in El Pinal, Copan, Honduras. This through education, adding new nutritional components to the school lunch menu, improving the conditions of the kitchen area and tools of the school lunch, implementing a sustainable school garden as well as educational and corrective actions in hygienic habits, de-parasitizing and the provision of vitamin supplements.

This project's objective is to improve the living conditions and health of 85 smallholder coffee families in El Bendito and Los Vasquez of Olopa Guatemala, through the implementation of 116 housing solutions in 3 years' time. This will include smokeless stoves, concrete floors, rainwater harvesting systems and reinforcement capacities through capacity building training.

The project aims to continue impacting the coffee regions of the Santander department in Colombia, encouraging 100 young students from rural schools to establish coffee crops based on productivity, profitability and quality criteria; coffee crops with adequate agronomic management that allow developing scalable and sustainable coffee enterprises.

This project's objective is to provide 74 partner families with Healthy Home Kits, containing smokeless stoves, improved latrines and/or water filters in the coffee farming community of Finca Palmeiras, Villatoro and Las Palmas in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

On June 3rd 2018, the Fuego Volcano erupted in Guatemala, mainly affecting coffee regions. As a response to this volcano eruption and its consequences, we initiated a special emergency Volcano project together with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala (HFHG) to provide structural support for the families that needed to be re-allocated by contributing in the construction of their homes, bringing them hope for the future. The overall objective of this project is the assistance of coffee farming families affected by the volcano eruption in Valle de las Flores, Palin, Esquintla, Guatemala.

This project's objective is to promote wild coffee growing in the forest in Oromia, Ethiopia and to protect its area of origin.