Simone is part of the team that founded The Lucy Foundation in 2014 and made the inaugural trip to Pluma Hidalgo in 2014/2015. With the team, she saw the opportunity for a social enterprise, built around supply of coffee, to make a meaningful and sustained impact on the lives of people with disabilities.
Simone draws on her background in food manufacturing to contribute to strategy, commercial and operational planning for The Lucy Foundation.
Meet the farmers:
"They are the ones who work the land day after day under the sun. They are those who fertilise the sacred land with love and humility, which in gratitude returns them with coffee beans. They are our producers with whom we work hand in hand to recover ancestral knowledge." - Catalina (TLF Field Director, Mexico).
#PlumaHidalgo #CoffeeFarmers #AncestralKnowledge #OrganicCoffee
A very happy birthday to our Master Carpenter, Klaus Elías. From all of the team in Mexico and Aotearoa, thank you for the dedication, patience, heart and soul you put into everything you do. We send you best wishes and a year filled with blessings and success. To read more about Elías, head to our website:
www.thelucyfoundation.com/team_member/elias-molina-arellanes/#more-10934
#Bamboo #carpentry #disabilityinclusion #disabilityemployment
We love seeing your pics! Able Coffee Collaborative customer, Evan Clulee, sent us this photo of him enjoying his morning brew of TLF Pluma. Evan is a well known Kiwi para-athlete, who made his Paralympic debut in wheelchair racing at Barcelona in 1992 (breaking NZ records!). Like us, Evan is also passionate about equal employment opportunities for disabled people (and coffee of course). Thanks for your ongoing support Evan! Cheers!
Buy your disability inclusive coffee now: www.thelucyfoundation.com/help-us-out/
#paralympicsnz #disabilityemployment #disabilityinclusion #paraathlete #thebestcoffeeofalliscoffeeforall #AbleCoffeeCollaborative #thelucyfoundation Paralympics New Zealand
[Image description: Evan at home, holding a coffee mug. In front of him is a coffee bag branded TLF Pluma. Evan is contented, wears glasses and a blue hoodie with orange trim. He holds up a mug of coffee.]
Good news... a couple of days ago TLF Director, Catalina, managed to leave the village and travel two hours to the coast to collect supplies for the families we partner with. Those are some happy faces! Still no reported cases of Covid-19 in Pluma Hidalgo, but locals continue to stay home, save lives, and sort coffee.
#Covid19Disability #covid19_drm #inclusion #disabilityemployment
Thank you to everyone who supported our Mother’s Day colab with Downlights and Able Coffee Collaborative - we have now officially sold out!
Were you a recipient of a bundle? We would love to hear from you... share a photo of how you're enjoying your inclusive coffee and candle and we'll post it to our stories!
In other news, we've also just heard that Downlights have extended their equity crowdfunding campaign, so there's still time to become an investor in their amazing candle company!
#ThankYou #MothersDay #Coffee #Candles #DisabilityEmployment
[Image description: On the left is a small white box with gold lettering that says, "Downlights New Zealand bamboo and white lily". On the right is a bag of coffee with the TFL and Able logo with inclusive artwork featuring diverse people. The label reads, "Thank you for all you Brew for me, enjoy your Lucy Blend". In the background is a pink Moccamaster coffee machine.]