By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
Dear Friends,
Greetings and thank you very much for your support to our project to replant and replace coconuts damaged by Typhoon Haiyan. We realize early on that the coconuts being grown will take 7-8 years in order to bear fruit and during the long waiting time, there is a need for farmers to look for alternative incomes. This time we are starting to develop native coffee with ingredients all coming from the farms where coconuts are growing. These are coffee, corn, lemon-grass and moringa. The ingredients are mixed then roasted in high heat then grounded to very fine product. The grounded material are then hand-packaged by women. These are then labeled, packed in dozens and sold in the different community stores. Initial feedback is encouraging with customers saying that they like the native taste of the coffee and that the coffee is very affordable. We have at present an initial group of 12 women packaging the product and if this is successful, we will expand to other villages.
Hoping for your continuing support to this project.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora Sayre
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