Last year, the project was hindered by unpredictable weather which destroyed some crops we purchased and COVID-19 hindered additional training for the female farmers. To ensure the project reaches its full potential, we are continuing the support of this co-operative, purchasing an additional 2 hectares of land, more coffee plants and fertilizers to prepare the land for both the coffee seedlings, but also for the sunflower and banana plants. This additional crops will allow the women to make money from the land while the coffee plantation is being established.

The farmers will undergo training to learn how to make sunflower oil and will be able to sell the bananas at markets to ensure income can be made directly from the land given the coffee plants take 3 years to establish before they are able to make any income from them.