Educate 2 Envision: an Update on the 2024 School Year

One of our priorities at Dilworth Coffee is to build relationships with the producers of the coffees we roast and share these connections with our customers. One of the most impactful of these relationships began with our friends at De La Finca Importers and their family’s farm, Santa Lucia, in Los Planes, Honduras. This is one of our oldest direct trade relationships. 

During one of our first visits to the farm we learned that the local school only offered classes through the 6th grade. As we learned more it became clear that this was not uncommon in rural areas of Honduras. Since an important part of our direct trade philosophy is to give back to the producing communities in a way that can benefit the entire community, we thought that helping provide education beyond the 6th grade would be a worthy goal.

The 2024 school year is almost over in Honduras. The students of Los Planes are scheduled to graduate in November of this year, and there have been some great improvements from this time last year.

Out of the 39 students in Los Planes this year, only 1 has dropped out, which is a huge improvement from previous years. Students are working on dengue prevention projects together with the local government and as part of their community service work. They also recently did this project to reduce litter in the community. Check out the garbage cans the students creatively painted!

They've had a couple regional leadership gatherings this year where Los Planes top student leaders unite with other Educate2Envision (E2E) students in the Comayagua region to discuss how to improve their communities and connect with each other as peers.

Dilworth is so inspired and proud of our relationship with E2E and can’t wait to see what great things 2025 brings to this community! Every bag of coffee you buy from us that contains Honduran beans directly helps support the communities and students through our partnership with Educate 2 Envision.