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waykana

ECUADOR
Waykana is a social enterprise that exports guayusa, a caffeine-rich leaf native to the Amazon. Waykana sources from more than 200 Kichwa farming families in the rainforest and creates a profitable alternative to slash-and-burn agricultural methods.  Guayusa can be grown with other food, fruit, timber and medicinal plants to create biodiverse and ecologically healthy agricultural plots that allow local farmers to thrive and generate a sustainable livelihood for the community.  The Reciprocity Fund provided a $30,000 loan to finance a new cutting machine as it expands its business.
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FECCEG

GUATEMALA
Federación Comercializadora de Café Especial de Guatemala (FCCEG) is a thirteen year-old non-profit that works with 1,500 Mayan producers of organic coffee, sugarcane, and cinnamon in Western Guatemala.  Governed as a cooperative, FCCEG provides loans, technical assistance and access to the US market for these farmers, 30% of whom are women.  In 2019, the organization generated over $12 M in revenue. The Reciprocity Fund's $75,000 loan helped FCCEG expand their warehouse and administrative offices.
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Bats’il Maya

MEXICO
Bats’il Maya is part of a coffee cooperative that supports over 360 Tzeltal farming families in the central highlands of Chiapas.  The cooperative operates a green coffee milling operation, a roasting facility, and three coffee shops. With their vertically integrated model, indigenous producers benefit economically from the value-add of milled, roasted coffee, and brewed coffee. The Reciprocity Fund provided a total of $100,000 working capital line to manage the timing gap between paying farmers and receiving payment from export customers.
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WIÑAK

ECUADOR
Wiñak is a non-profit agricultural association, the first to be fully Kichwa-owned and operated. Based in the Napo Region of Ecuador, Wiñak  sells plantains, cacao, guayusa, and cassava sustainably grown by over 250 Kichwa farmers from around 60 separate communities. Their work aims to preserve Amazonian cultural and conservation practices, while establishing food security and economic viability for the Kichwa people.  ​The Reciprocity Fund provided a $54,000 loan to Wiñak  to support operations and acquisition of awnings for cacao drying.
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RONAP

PERU
Recolectores Organicos de la Nuez Amazonica Del Peru (RONAP) is a small cooperative of wild Brazil nut collectors from the Madre de Dios region of Peru, an area that has suffered tremendous environmental degradation due to mining. The Reciprocity Fund extended a $75,000 loan to RONAP for its construction of a warehouse to support the expansion of its export business. 
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(+1) 415-994-6668
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​6214 S Hood Avenue, Portland, OR 97239
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