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COCANO
Cooperative Cafeiere et Cacouyere
du Nord’Ouest
In collaboration with the Caritas-sponsored Coffee Cooperative Cafeiere et Cacouyere du Nord’Ouest (COCANO) and Pascucci, an Italian coffeer roaster, the GSC is working to establish an effective, long-term strategy for importing and sales of high-grade specialty coffee from Port-de-Paix to the United States. Distinguishing this project from most other fair-trade import models is the fact that eventually the coffee will be processed, roasted, and packaged by the cooperative themselves – thus eliminating the numerous middle-men in the coffee import business, and ensuring that profit remains in the hands of those who need it most. For more information and to purchase COCANO Coffee, please visit www.cafecocano.com
Atelier Thevenet-
Women's Fair-Trade Artisan Initiative
In collaboration with a number of parish-based women's artisan groups throughout Port-de-Paix, the GSC is working to connect these women with fair-trade artisan importers in the United States - thus developing their market and fostering this empowering work for some of Haiti's most vulnerable and isolated workers. For more information and to purchase Haitian art work, please visit: www.haitiartisancrafts.com
Solar Energy/Bakery Projects:
In Baie-de-Henne - the most remote, deforested region in the diocese of Port-de-Paix - the GSC is collaborating with local parish and women's religious community leaders to develop a sustainable solar-energy bakery that will not only reduce deforestation in the area, but will provide much needed income to the participants involved. For more information, please visit: http://www.haitisolarhealing.com
