Graduates

Jensy Karina

Class of 2020

Manuel de Jesus

Class of 2019

Eddy Fernando

Class of 2019

José Alberto

Class of 2019

Elder Isaí

Class of 2018

Lillian Maribel

Class of 2017

Grevil Orlando

Class of 2017

Danny Josué

Class of 2017

Bayron

Class of 2016

Julia

Class of 2016

Melvin

Class of 2016

Margury

Class of 2016

Cinthia

Class of 2015

Marvin Olvido

Class of 2015

José Daniel

Class of 2013

How to Help More Students Graduate

Today is Giving Tuesday! Please consider including

Today is Giving Tuesday! Please consider including Coffee Arabica Foundation for Education in your donations today. Can we count you in?
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Hoy es Giving Tuesday, por favor considere hacer su donación a Coffee Arabica Foundation for Education. Contamos con su donación hoy?

Nuestros corazones están con nuestros estudiantes

Nuestros corazones están con nuestros estudiantes y Honduras entera mientras inician la reconstrucción de los destrozos dejados por los Huracanes Eta y Iota.

Our hearts are with our students and all of Honduras as they rebuild after the devastation caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota.

We hope everyone has been staying safe and healthy

We hope everyone has been staying safe and healthy! We can’t wait until we can be learning and having fun again!

Happy #GivingTuesday! Our scholarship students ar

Happy #GivingTuesday!
Our scholarship students are having a wonderful school year so far. We have continued our classroom Skype partnership with Bethel Park classes, so the students are engaged in cross-cultural education. This year they continue to build a foundation of traditional education alongside their agricultural and career-focused coursework. Thanks to all our supporters, our thirteen scholarship recipients will have better career and academic opportunities after graduation.

We are still fundraising to put our students through school this upcoming year. Please consider participating in Giving Tuesday to help us fulfill our commitment to support students through graduation!
If you are in need of a meaningful Christmas or holiday gift for the activist or coffee-lover in your life, check out the Gift Ideas tab on our website. Give a gift of CAFE's 100% Arabica coffee, or donate on behalf of a loved one, and you can give the joys of hope and generosity while spreading awareness of CAFE.

After cultivating the coffee throughout the growin

After cultivating the coffee throughout the growing season, mature plants bear fruit that can be harvested! Saplings take 3-7 years to mature and become the full-grown plants that provide coffee cherries. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Pickers selectively harvest the deep-red ripe cherries and leave behind the unripe fruit. In a labor-intensive process the pickers rotate through the crops until all the cherries are harvested. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Robusta coffee farms may use machines that harvest all of the cherries at once, but the workers carefully pick the finer Arabica coffee to ensure the best possible quality. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Después de cultivar el café durante toda la temporada de cultivo, las plantas maduras dan frutos que pueden cosecharse. Los árboles jóvenes tardan entre 3 y 7 años para madurar y se convierten en las plantas de crecimiento completo que dan café cerezas. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Los recolectores cosechan selectivamente las cerezas maduras de color rojo oscuro y dejan las frutas verdes. En un proceso que requiere mucha mano de obra, los recolectores giran a través de los cultivos hasta que se cosechan todas las cerezas.

Las fincas de café robusta pueden usar máquinas que cosechan todas las cerezas a la vez, pero los trabajadores escogen cuidadosamente el café arábica más fino para garantizar la mejor calidad posible.

Happy Monday, here’s a peek into the classroom!

Happy Monday, here’s a peek into the classroom! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Today and tomorrow are AMAZON PRIME DAY. What’s that? It’s similar to Black Friday, but Amazon offers a lot of sales! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Remember to use AMAZON SMILE to make your purchases! Again, Amazon Smile is an Amazon website that functions the same as the normal site, but Amazon will donate a percentage of the revenue to CAFE! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Every bit helps our students finish high school, so shop with them in mind 📚 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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¡Feliz lunes, aquí hay un vistazo al aula!
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Hoy y mañana son AMAZON PRIME DAY. ¿Que es eso? ¡Es similar al Viernes Negro, pero Amazon ofrece muchas ventas!
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¡Recuerda usar AMAZON SMILE para hacer tus compras! Una vez más, Amazon Smile es un sitio web de Amazon que funciona de la misma manera que el sitio normal, ¡pero Amazon donará un porcentaje de los ingresos a CAFE!
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Cada centavo ayuda a nuestros estudiantes a terminar la escuela secundaria, así que compre con ellos en mente📚

For the next step in growing coffee, our students

For the next step in growing coffee, our students prepare the fields and plant the saplings on the mountainside. Luckily, El Merendón offers a high-elevation, fertile soil, and steady rainfall that help to produce great-tasting coffee!
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Normally farmers plant the saplings during the wet season. The moist earth helps them to easily take root and adapt to the new environment.
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Our coffee is sustainable for the environment too! The plants are shade-grown, which means that there are larger trees throughout the fields to promote biodiversity in the ecosystem. The plants are organic too, so we don’t use harmful pesticides. Best of all, the when you purchase El Merendón coffee, you know that you are supporting the local community, a company that uses fair labor, and you’re providing education to lift up those same families!
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Para el siguiente paso en el cultivo del café, nuestros estudiantes preppran los campos y plantan los árboles jóvenes en la ladera de la montaña. Afortunadamente, El Merendón ofrece un suelo fértil y de gran altura, y lluvias constantes que ayudan a producir un café de gran sabor.
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Los agricultores normalmente siembran los retoños durante la estación húmeda. La tierra húmeda les ayuda a echar raíces fácilmente y adaptarse al nuevo entorno.
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¡Nuestro café también es sostenible para el medio ambiente! Las plantas se cultivan a la sombra, lo que significa que hay árboles más grandes en todos los campos para promover la biodiversidad en el ecosistema. Las plantas también son orgánicas, por lo que no usamos pesticidas dañinos. Lo mejor de todo es que cuando usted compra café de El Merendón, sabe que apoya a la comunidad local, una empresa que utiliza mano de obra justa, y brinda educación para elevar a esas mismas familias.

Meet our alumni Bayron, from the class of 2016! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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'My role model is Saint Vincent de Paul, because I admire his willingness to help those who most needed him until the last day of his life. The most important thing I have learned in school is to love life, and to respect it, to enjoy it, always trying to do the right thing.

The best moment of my life was to reach my baccalaureate degree, after so many difficulties. But, I feel confident in my self-confidence, and I believe in my ability. My best talent is the ease of expression.

To have fun, I play football, or at least I try! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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¡Conoce a nuestro ex alumno Bayron, de la clase de 2016! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
‘Mi modelo a seguir es San Vicente de Paúl, porque yo admiro a su disponibilidad de ayudar a quien más le necesitaba hasta el último día de su vida. La cosa más importante que he aprendido en la escuela es a amar la vida, y a respetarla, a disfrutarla tratando de hacer siempre lo correcto. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
El mejor momento de la vida fue alcanzar mi título de bachillerato, después de tantas dificultades. Pero, me siento seguro en la confianza en mí mismo, y creo en mi capacidad. Mi mejor talento es la facilidad de expresión. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Para divertirme, juego al fútbol, o al menos intentarlo!’
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