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Who
we are
We are a community of
conscientious individuals who are passionate to spouse business
for profit and address
social issues that concerns our farmers, our environment, and
the peace situation in our land
by advocating
Fair Trade in the coffee industry.
We see Fair Trade as a business approach to achieve justice and
peace in our society and in our environment.
Coffee For Peace, as a business corporation and as a
community, includes:
:: A Board of Directors who are made up of business executives,
community leaders, creative communication
professionals, and
academics. They are all committed to advance the three pronged
advocacy-promise of
Coffee For Peace: to help alleviate the lives of the
farmers
and their
families; to protect and enhance
the
environment; and, to support the peacebuilders
in the field.
:: A management team led by a business talent with 20 years of
world-class financial planning experience in
Canada. She is
a degree holder in Food Service Administration and a coffee connoisseur.
:: The wisdom, knowledge, and experience of a dedicated
agricultural engineer who has been in this field for
20 years.
:: A community-network of well-trained and
justly-treated farmers who supplies us with their produce at fair
traded
prices.
What we
dream of
 The balanced
composition of three triangles bound in a circle—which
represents the half section of a coffee bean (our iconic product)—symbolizes our dreams and aspirations for the
Philippines.
The half coffee bean is our beloved land. Our islands are typically mountainous and diverse in terrain, rich in
bounty and produce. The three triangles represent the major island
groupings—Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
We
see our people as a mosaic—multicultural
in nature, with rich and diverse ethno-linguistic
characteristics. We envision a land where all these
different cultures are freely expressed. We dream of a
country where all these different people groups are treated
equally as they live in harmony with one
another.
We see the future of this beautiful land through the lenses of faith,
hope, and love. The multi-cultural people of the Philippines will mutually
promote peace and prosperity so that the
present and the next coming generations will live better lives and will ultimately
realize its dream-image as The Pearl of the Orient Seas.
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