The Foundation
The Café Forestal Foundation is a not governmental, Non profit organization, dedicated to the financial support of projects of environmental and socioeconomic development. It has its origin in the Project Café Forestal of the Consortium of Cooperative Coffee growers of Guanacaste and Montes de Oro. (COOCAFE R. L.).
The income of the Café Forestal Foundation comes from a contribution or ecological quota that the consumers of Café Forestal make with their purchase. This contribution is equivalent to USD $ 1.00 for every kilogram of coffee and It’s destined to finance projects of sustainable development in Costa Rica.
To make real the dream of the Café Forestal Foundation, diverse people, organizations and companies contribute with their work from the moment the coffee is cultivated and commercialized, until the money destined for projects of conservation and sustainable production are made.
Mission
- To improve the quality of life of the rural families in harmony with the nature through the economic support and opportune follow-up of diverse projects focused on the sustainable production and environmental conservation.
Objectives
- Support activities for the recovery of the natural patrimony as protection of flora and fauna, sustainable utilization of the forests, recovery and conservation of hydrographic basins, environmental education and investigation applied to the integration between conservation and development.
- To facilitate social, economic and cultural development of marginalized rural settlers, through the sustainable support of production systems that improve the quality of life and to offer options for the satisfaction of their basic necessities.