HARVESTING FUTURES, PLANTING COCOA
The only cocoa project where 100% of the profits stay in the country
THE CYRENEAN COCOA PROJECT
A self-sufficient, non-profit project with its own land that creates future opportunities by providing jobs on a cocoa plantation, helping those who’ve suffered the most in Liberia build a dignified life
+500.000
Cocoa trees
+150
Workers are boys and girls from the streets
100%
Of the profits donated to the country
THE CYRENEAN
The goal of this project is to give future opportunities to 150 boys who carry Christ’s cross like the Cyrenean, to help redeem the wrongs the rest of us bring into the world.
150 boys who, for the first time, will be able to choose the path their lives will take. They will finally live with dignity — earning fair wages, and having access to housing, food, healthcare, and spiritual support.
150 boys wounded by pasts where they never had the freedom to choose — orphans, child soldiers, living in extreme poverty.
150 boys with no other way to escape their harsh reality except through drugs or risking their lives by trying to cross into Europe illegally.
150 boys who, because of circumstances they did not choose, are hurt, rejected, and abandoned. Boys who unfairly have to endure society’s indifference.
“As they were leading him away, they seized a man named Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the fields
and they laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus”
Gospel according to Saint Luke
23, 26
COCOA
Liberia is a country full of temporary aid and empty projects that don’t make a real impact on society. The Liberian people demand: "Don't give me the fish, teach me how to fish it."
The Cyrenean Cocoa Project meets this need through the planting, care, harvesting, fermentation, drying, and export of foreign cacao. It provides them with jobs and training on how to work Liberia’s rich land to build a future for themselves.
An initiative that, after an initial investment, will run self-sufficiently for decades, serving as a model for businesses that it’s possible to make a profit while putting workers first.
3000 acres
With over 500,000 newly planted foreign cacao trees, each with a 20-year lifespan ahead.
No deforested
trees
Land under the European Union deforestation regulations for cocoa plantations
100% organic
and traceable
No use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers, resulting in a natural, high-quality cocoa with detailed traceability of its origin.
Furthermore, this project serves as support and guidance for Liberia so that, like its neighboring country, it can be recognized as one of the world’s leading producers of high-quality cocoa
To achieve this goal, workers will receive continuous training so that, whether at The Cyrenean or in the future on their own plantations, they can produce high-quality cocoa that not only helps them build their own future but also supports the country’s economic growth
"Don't give me the fish,
instead teach me how to fish it"
BEGINNING
It all began in 2008, when for the first time, a Spanish family traveled to Liberia, Africa. We were fortunate to spend those days guided by Father Miguel Pajares, who dedicated decades of his life to the Liberian people — and who ultimately died alongside them during the Ebola outbreak.
He not only showed us the wonders of the country and its people, but also the beauty of dedicating our lives to them and for them. He awakened in our hearts the desire to carry out projects devoted entirely to helping the Liberian people.
WORK DIGNIFIES THE PERSON
LIBERIA
As one of the poorest countries in the world, Liberia faces an unemployment rate of over 80%, one of the economic factors likely to have the most immediate negative impact on the nation
Although some fortunate individuals may have the opportunity to work as street vendors, even this does not guarantee that they can start a family, own a home, or lead a stable life. Work dignifies the person, and every Liberian has the right to have access to this opportunity
PRISON AND GHETTOS
The Foundation carries out a healthcare project at the Central Prison of Monrovia, where, in addition to the existing health challenges, it has been identified that the greatest problem arises when inmates are released
Without money, family, or anywhere to go, they end up living in the city’s ghettos, once again falling into the world of drugs and crime. No one gives them any option other than the streets
This project aims to take a step forward and give them the opportunity to rebuild their lives and live with dignity, something they have never been able to experience before
