dinero_admin Plan NESCAFÉ has different important pillars to impact the environment, people and communities, proof of this is the “Jóvenes Caficultores” Program work they are currently doing with young people around the world.
(Miriam Canales, Project Director Fundación Cohonducafé explaining the work they have been doing since 2015) / Alonso Zuniga – Photographer.
Dinero.com.sv was invited by Nestlé to get a closer look at the work done in Honduras, with young people from different social strata, with different levels of study, owners or not of farms.
With the Plan Nescafé program, which promotes the development of coffee growing families in the country, Nestlé in alliance with CoHonducafé, opened the Coffee Training and Quality Centers for Young Coffee Growers and now classes are offered virtually.
During the visit to Honduras it was possible to see some of the success stories of young people who today have decided not to migrate from their country, but have found in coffee their way of life and a business model.
(Some of the beneficiaries who have received courses from the Jóvenes Caficultores Program)
“I am happy to know that more women are interested in the subject of coffee, growing in our work, better serving customers in the coffee shop and with goals of doing business … it is passion for coffee, today we know what is in each cup and each coffee bean, what it costs to achieve quality”, said Delcy Banegas, one of the beneficiaries of the Jóvenes Caficultores program.
Since 2013, Nestlé has been promoting a global initiative for young people. This initiative aims to impact more than 10 million young people worldwide by 2030.
“Since its launch in 2015 to date, more than 50 thousand young people have already been impacted”, said Kim Waigel, Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs at Nestlé.
“I wasn’t sure what I wanted to study at university. So I decided to study International Commerce to follow that same path. And to be like one of the people I met in the Zamorano course, who told me that he exported coffee and that he talked with people from all over the country to find the best plan to export and thus help us all”, explained Mayor Valladares, one of the beneficiaries of the courses in the alliance with the Universidad Zamorano of Honduras.
Within the trainings, they are oriented to create their resumes, to develop their soft skills, theoretical and practical trainings, and many other options. Since the pandemic in 2020, virtual classes were enabled, which expanded the program, reaching more young people in the world. They even have mobile classrooms, which are equipped with a micro roaster, meters, timers, water heater, professional mill, espresso mill and espresso machine.
Nestlé’s programs, Iniciativa por los Jóvenes and Plan NESCAFÉ with its Aula Móvil, with the support of the Fundación CoHonducafé invite you to register for the new cycle of virtual learning modules. They are open to everyone, with or without previous knowledge of coffee.
If you would like to join these courses from El Salvador, you can do so through the following link: https://m.facebook.com/iniciativajoveneshn/ where you can register TOTALLY FREE for these courses.
