Young Farmer Fund

1Microfinance: sixteen young coffee producers, members of the Youth Group of San Miguel Escobar received a US $ 400 loan each with a 0% interest rate to cover harvest expenses in 2020.

2A new computer: the young farmers of San Miguel Escobar are eager to be independent, but at the same time they are interested in following their parent’s footsteps to keep learning about the coffee industry. As a first step to start their own business, they requested and were granted a US$575 donation from the Youth Fund to purchase a computer. This computer will be very useful for the group and will allow them to save information, facilitate communication and increase their number of coffee buyers. 3 Coffee roasting training: some young farmers see coffee production as a way to reach their long-term goals of studying other crafts like engineering, medicine, law, etc. But others see a bright future within the coffee industry. That is why four members of the group were granted with a donation of US$100 each in November 2020 to be trained with Wilker Lopez (a coffee farmer from the San Miguel Escobar Cooperative or as we call them, “the grown-ups”) to learn how to use a roaster, and the different types of roast profiles.