by Gabriela Tyggum | Mar 10, 2020 | Central America, Farmer Livelihoods, Projects, Testimonials
The Trifinio Region is located in the tri-border area of three countries: Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. This region is ecologically unique and considered as one of the world’s hotspots in terms of biodiversity and coffee production. However, the sustainable...
by Gabriela Tyggum | Feb 24, 2020 | Farmer Livelihoods, Honduras, Projects
Since 2009, International Coffee Partners (ICP) has worked with several communities and coffee organizations throughout the Trifinio Region of Central America. Located in the trip-border area of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, coffee is the main cash crop for...
by Livvy Runyon | Dec 15, 2019 | Central America, Gender, Projects
“Before, we women suffered a lot of machismo. Only the men could work. We couldn’t even leave the house. They would scold us for going out with the others to cut coffee.” Mariana Solis remembers her younger days with a retrospective disbelief. Even between her and her...
by Livvy Runyon | Oct 11, 2019 | Central America, El Salvador, Farmer Livelihoods, Projects
“When we first started in 2008, we didn’t even know what kind of coffee we were drinking.” Not so long ago, coffee producer Carlos Murcia and his family from El Salvador, La Palma, El Tunel couldn’t tell you what type of coffee they were growing. Much less what kind...
by Flemming Kohn | Mar 15, 2019 | Africa, Projects, Testimonials, Uganda
Gospel music is playing in the background while Viola sits in the families’ living room and slowly pours water into cups filled with ground coffee. After a few minutes of stirring the coffee is ready to be served. Viola tells that the coffee comes directly from the...
