Nicaraguan Faces of Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade

Juanita Villareyna and Rosa Jimenez are members of La Fem, a womens cooperative in Esteli, Nicaragua that sells to CRS Fair Trade partner, Just Coffee. Thanks to their partnership with CRS-Nicaragua, they and some 5,400 other farmers in dozens of municipalities around Nicaragua are participating in the ACORDAR (Alliance to Create Opportunities for Rural Development through Agroenterprise Relationships) project. In this video clip, Juana explains how access to technical know-how and agricultural equipment will help La Fem participate in specialty export markets. Rosa also explains why the women of La Fem embrace organic farming and, as Catholic Social Teaching would call it stewardship of Gods creation. Off camera Rosa had mentioned organics as important to the health of her four children, and in this interview Rosa explains how she sees herself doing her part to protect the planet. Click and listen for yourself!

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Fair
• Trade
• Coffee
• Catholic
• Relief
• Services
• organics
• Just
• Nicaragua