Care Trade® Model
Informed by the successful Graduation Approach,
we provide a bundle of services consisting of training, finance, mentorship, and market access to improve business outcomes for smallholder women coffee farmers and their families over a three-year period.
Recruitment
We recruit smallholder women coffee farmers that are often unable to sustain their businesses and families with income from coffee production.
At the point of enrollment, ~65% of our producers report running unsustainable coffee businesses.
Training
Depending on the baseline for each cohort of producers, we develop learning materials and provide training on a range of topics -- with the goal of improving farm and business outputs.
The trainings are led by community based youth, who we call Care Facilitators.
Finance
We provide micro-funds in the form of grants to smallholder women coffee farmers that successfully complete the training program, and submit a business proposal to make farm and business improvements.
On average, we award $315 per participant.
Mentorship
We provide two years of follow-on mentorship to smallholder women coffee farmers. This consists of regular opportunities to connect with other producers and masterclasses with subject matter experts.
Market
We market and sell the coffees from producers that are ready-for-market, and bring the coffee to a wide range of local and international buyers.
Bean Voyage works with trading partners to ensure higher prices and long term relationships with buyers can be sustained.