Ms. Karen Cebreros is a member of Mission St Mary Magdalene. She is also an activist who uses coffee to achieve economic justice and viability for women by providing access to Microfinance affordable credit that women can invest in their business. Her beans and coffee are amazing, and the business model is even better.
Peru Woman Produced Coffee
Crushing poverty is a rarity in coffee growing countries. 70 % of the work is performed by women. A coalition has formed to offer women producers much-needed resources. When of Coffee Microfinance, IWCA, WomenCoffee.org and Rotary Action Group for Microcredit (RAGM) re tasing money, offering access to credit and financial literacy training.
Current Microfinance programs in El Salvador, Mexico,Colombia and Guatemala are all paid back at 100%. This is almost unheard of. Roasters in North America are donating premiums for technical assistance, empowerment training, management seminars, nurseries, schools, clinics, improved washing stations and dry mills. The sustainable impact is being measured replicated and rewarded.
Your purchase of Transparent Trade TTTM Cuppa Jill gives back to Microfinance for women on every pound you buy. Interested in doing more? Buy Cuppa Jill at a wholesale price and use it as a fundraiser.
The coffees include the new Fair Trade, Certified Organic, women grown Peru. Nicaragua is still available. Chinese and a French roast can be custom ordered. Should anyone want an exotic, Cuppa Jill can obtain everything from decaf to Kona and all other continents. Peru and Nicaragua are still $10.00 per package. Decaf is $12.00 per package. 5 pounds of Peru and Nicaragua can be purchased at $45.00 per bag.
Your cup counts. Every bean counts and every penny counts in the new frontier of Microfinance for women in coffee growing countries. Thank you for reading and for giving consideration to participating in a solution from Tree to Cup.