From humble beginnings in 2006, we have grown into a confident, farmer-owned export coffee co-operative union with 8,200 members. We are from distinct, multi-ethnic communities stretching across the mountains of South-Western Uganda; from the fertile slopes of Bushenyi to the dramatic heights and sparkling crater lakes of Bunyaruguru. We speak different languages, but we share a common voice: working together as progressive, forward-thinking farmers to market our coffee and to improve our livelihoods.

Agro Eco-Louis Bolk Institute is an independent advisory organisation based in the Netherlands but with branch offices in various African countries, including in Accra, Ghana, which serves the West African region. Agro Eco-LBI advises the private sector, NGOs, governments and international organisations in the development of niche markets for quality products. It has been active in Africa since 1990 and tens of exporters and ten-thousands of smallholder farmers are profiting from the access achieved to higher paying markets that however set high quality standards.

ICCO Cooperation is a global, non-governmental organization. We work towards a world in which people can live in dignity and well-being, a world without poverty and injustice.

CECOCAFEN, the Central Association of Northern Coffee Cooperatives in Nicaragua, was founded in 1997 with initial investments from their 500 producer members and financing support from international lending organizations in order to export their first containers. Today, CECOCAFEN represents some 2,600 farmer families in twelve community based cooperatives, with more than 100 container-loads of coffee exports per year.

Located on and around Mount Elgon, a large volcanic mountain spanning a chunk of the border between Uganda and Kenya, the farmers of Gumutindo produce high quality arabica coffee at altitudes up to 1,900 meters above sea level. The cooperative is a farmer-owned business comprised of ten different “primary societies” (community based organizations) and representing more than 7,000 farmers.

SWO Drimmelen is an welfare organisation in the municipality of Drimmelen in the South of the Netherlands

De Wijkplaats is a consultancy organisation addressing issues related to social real estate and area development in the Netherlands.

The Vereniging Kleine Kernen Noord-Brabant aims to improve the quality of life in small villages in the province of Noord Brabant, the Netherlands

DKK Gelderland supports village community centres and initiatives for improving quality of life in small villages in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.

The municipality of Arnhem is located in the East of the Netherlands.