AKHA COFFEE FARMERS | DOI MON LAN
There are approximately 31-35 students that live at Seed of Hope dorm each year. Of those students, 90% of their families are coffee farmers on the mountains of Doi Mon Lan in Northern Thailand. Seed of Hope has developed strong relationships with these farmers and Seed of Hope Coffee Co. purchases coffee from them at a higher than fair trade price. Seed of Hope Dorm and Seed of Hope Coffee Co. have built lasting relationships of trust and partnership to give families a better and more sustainable life. The ultimate goal, however, is to share the good news of Jesus with the children, their families, the surrounding community and the villages on Doi Mon Lan.
There are approximately 31-35 students that live at Seed of Hope dorm each year. Of those students, 90% of their families are coffee farmers on the mountains of Doi Mon Lan in Northern Thailand. Seed of Hope has developed strong relationships with these farmers and Seed of Hope Coffee Co. purchases coffee from them at a higher than fair trade price. Seed of Hope Dorm and Seed of Hope Coffee Co. have built lasting relationships of trust and partnership to give families a better and more sustainable life. The ultimate goal, however, is to share the good news of Jesus with the children, their families, the surrounding community and the villages on Doi Mon Lan.
AKHA SOLO LIGHT ROAST is directly sourced from the farm of Lawze & Joy in Abone Village on Doi Mon Lan in Northern Thailand. Lawze & Joy have 2 children that attend Seed of Hope Dorm, Joseph & Esther. It was recently discovered that Joy is stateless, meaning she has no citizenship in any country. This is an extremely important issue for Seed of Hope when accepting children into the Dorm. Seed of Hope desires to be a place where stateless children have the opportunity to receive education and be in a safe community. Many human trafficking cases are rooted in statelessness because they have no documentation to protect them under a country's laws. In Thailand when people are stateless at Joy's age or older, they are often resigned to a life separate from Thai society, where they will never be fully embraced as a citizen. Joseph & Esther do have Thai citizenship. While Seed of Hope may be unable to help Joy gain citizenship, they are able to support them by paying higher than fair trade prices for green coffee beans and helping their children receive education.
AKHA SOLO MEDIUM ROAST is directly sourced from the farm of Amue and Pitoon in Abone Village on Doi Mon Lan in Northern Thailand. Amue and Joy have 3 children. Jeremy and Deborah attend Seed of Hope Dorm. Amue did not receive an education growing up as his parents were still involved in the opium trade "clandestine style". He was never given an opportunity to receive an education as he was often on the run. That is not true of him now. Amue and Pitoon love Jesus and are committed to seeing their children raised knowing the goodness and love of Jesus as well. He works incredibly hard to make sure that his family has a different story and that his children receive an education through Seed of Hope. Amue's wife, Pitoon is very involved with their coffee farm and also works with Seed of Hope Coffee Co.
Through Amue & Pitoon's hard work and continued growth in better farming practices, they are producing coffee beans that are scoring very high (by SCA standards) and Amue has won several awards. From the higher wages they receive from Seed of Hope Coffee Co. & P-REX Coffee Co. for their quality coffee, Amue has begun building a new cinder block home in Abone Village for his family!
FUN FACT: Our first official direct coffee purchase was made from Amue!
Through Amue & Pitoon's hard work and continued growth in better farming practices, they are producing coffee beans that are scoring very high (by SCA standards) and Amue has won several awards. From the higher wages they receive from Seed of Hope Coffee Co. & P-REX Coffee Co. for their quality coffee, Amue has begun building a new cinder block home in Abone Village for his family!
FUN FACT: Our first official direct coffee purchase was made from Amue!
Ahsong, Sukrit and Nittaya
Our ADVENTURE BLEND Single Origin MEDIUM & DARK ROAST beans are directly sourced from the sister farms of Ahsong, Sukrit and Nittaya! Ahsong and Nittaya are 2 of our women farmers. Sukrit is married and has 2 children that attend Seed of Hope Dorm.
Our ADVENTURE BLEND Single Origin MEDIUM & DARK ROAST beans are directly sourced from the sister farms of Ahsong, Sukrit and Nittaya! Ahsong and Nittaya are 2 of our women farmers. Sukrit is married and has 2 children that attend Seed of Hope Dorm.