2020 De La Gente Annual Report

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Cooperative

Assistance

ooperative Assistance works as the backbone for the organization. Offering each community support in the areas in which improvement is necessary for their progress. Cooperative Assistance provides the organizations the opportunity to reach a higher quality coffee production which enables them to obtain a better price for their production as well as nurture and maintain a loyal customer base.

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Rigoberto from Santa Anita with New Roaster Members from the Santa Anita co-op have been working on starting a roastery business for a over two years. This year, with the help of loans and donations they finally purchased a new Roaster.

Zach Latimore was hired as the quality control coordinator to teach methods and implement a quality control program for the coffee. One of the projects including the implementation of the honey processed method in Ija’tz. Improving the quality of the coffee means greater income opportunities for the communities.


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