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WHO ARE WE?

We are an organization made up of 800 organic and fair trade coffee and cocoa producers from four indigenous communities (Arhuaco, Kogui, Wiwa, and Kankuamo) and farmers from the sacred mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía del Perijá, Colombia.

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Guiados por la sabiduría ancestral, nuestro quehacer se fundamenta en:
 

MISIÓN

Sembramos Paz, tejemos el futuro en comunidad y en armonía con la naturaleza.

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VALORES

  • Conciencia & Espiritualidad.

  • Integración de género y generaciones.

  • Autonomía.

  • Empatía y Solidaridad.

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VISIÓN

Ser una alternativa de desarrollo sostenible liderada desde el sentir del territorio. 

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PRINCIPIOS

  • Pensamiento Sistémico.

  • Crecimiento sostenible.

  • Sostenibilidad Multidimensional.

  • Coherencia organizacional. 

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MISSION

Sowing Peace, weaving the future in community and in harmony with nature..

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VISION

To be a sustainable development alternative led by the feelings of the territory. . 

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VALUES

- Consciousness & Spirituality.
- Gender and Generational Integration.
- Autonomy.
- Empathy and Solidarity.

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PRINCIPLES

- Systems Thinking.
- Sustainable Growth.
- Multidimensional Sustainability.
- Organizational Coherence.

PRINCIPIOS

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Guiados por la sabiduría ancestral, nuestro quehacer se fundamenta en:
 

MISIÓN

Sembramos Paz, tejemos el futuro en comunidad y en armonía con la naturaleza.

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VALORES

  • Conciencia & Espiritualidad.

  • Integración de género y generaciones.

  • Autonomía.

  • Empatía y Solidaridad.

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VISIÓN

Ser una alternativa de desarrollo sostenible liderada desde el sentir del territorio. 

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PRINCIPIOS

  • Pensamiento Sistémico.

  • Crecimiento sostenible.

  • Sostenibilidad Multidimensional.

  • Coherencia organizacional. 

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Why is Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta the Heart of the World?

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Our Management Team

Meet some of the people who lead and guide ANEI:
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Aurora María Izquierdo Torres (Arun Aty):

Founder & CEO.

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Jorge Paez (Diaringuwmu):

Director of Business Development and Strategic Relations.

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Juan Sebastián Paez (Gunkwakun):

Director of Family and Territorial Well-being Management.

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Mamo José Gabriel Limaku:

Spiritual Leader.

OUR COSMOVISION

ANEI's cosmovision, inspired by Arhuaco wisdom, is based on living in harmony, peace, and balance with nature. Following the Law of Origin transmitted by the spiritual fathers Kaku Serankwa and Arwawiku, Mother Earth, Seynekun, is honored as the source of life and fertility.

Through rituals that connect the spiritual and the material, we seek to balance energies and unite all beings toward the path of truth, Tanuriwun..

Our cosmovision as indigenous communities is to be guardians of the universe and ensure its protection.
 

OUR HISTORY

Thirty years ago, in 1995, ANEI was founded by Aurora María Izquierdo Torres – Arun Aty, an Arhuaco Indigenous woman from the Yewrwa community and a pioneer in receiving academic training outside her territory. Driven by the dream of strengthening her own economies, she created ANEI as an organization that uses coffee as a dynamic vehicle to preserve Indigenous culture and generate well-being for the rural communities of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía del Perijá.

What began as a desire to strengthen these communities evolved into a robust intercultural model. Today, after three decades of challenges and lessons learned, more than 800 farming families and a committed team have consolidated a sustainable model that preserves our ancestral legacy and connects with allies who share our vision.

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1917

In 1917, the Capuchin mission arrived in the Sierra Nevada.
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1970s

  • In 1972, the first Arhuaca indigenous woman, Aurora María, leaves to study.

  • In 1979, the Sierra Nevada was declared a Biosphere Reserve of man and humanity by UNESCO.
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1980

In 1982 - The Capuchin mission of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is founded.
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1990

  • 1991 - First school in the Yewrua community.
  • 1991 - The Colombian Constitution recognizes Indigenous peoples as human beings.
  • 1995 - Agreement with spiritual leaders and indigenous authorities for the creation of ANEI.
  • 1996 - First year of harvest and diversified coffee project begins.
  • 1998 - We obtained our first Organic Certification.
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2000

  • 2005 - Anei opens its doors to other indigenous communities (Kogui, Wiwa, Kankuamos) and farmers in the region.
  • 2007 - Opening of the administrative headquarters and first collection center in Valledupar.
  • 2008 - First collection in Pueblo Bello.
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2010

  • 2010 - We obtained FLO Certification
  • 2012 -  Construction of a collection center in the municipality of Pueblo Bello
  • 2012 - Recognition from the Colombian State for contributions to the community.
  • 2016 -  First direct export to Canada and certification of the first Q-Grader Taster from the indigenous community.
  • 2017 - The knowledge of the four indigenous communities of the Sierra Nevada is declared Intangible Heritage of the Colombian Nation.
  • 2018 - There were different achievements as an organization:
    • President of Colombia signs the Black Line Decree, delimiting the ancestral territory, the boundaries of the great spiritual city of the four indigenous communities of the Sierra Nevada.
    • Adaptation of the first dryers in the organization.
    • Construction of a Collection Center in the municipality of Codazzi.
    • Construction of the first organic fertilizer biofactory “Zarinzuwa”.
  • 2019 - The first Arhuaca indigenous woman is certified as a Q Grader (Ati Seygundiwa Mother of Dusk).
2018

2020

  • 2020 - We obtained SPP Certification.
  • 2021 -  Recognition to Anei for contributing to the coffee economy in the department of Cesar.
  • 2022 - First Export of Cocoa to Italy, Genoa.
  • 2023 - First export of Anei coffee on a sailboat, contributing to the reduction of the carbon footprint.
  • 2024 - First export complying with EUDR standards.
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PRIMERA ORGANIZACIÓN INDIGENA CAFETERA DESDE 1995

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30 AÑOS DE
EXPERIENCIA

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800 FAMILIAS
ASOCIADAS

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EXPORTACIÓN
DIRECTA

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4 CENTROS
DE ACOPIO

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COMPROMISO
AMBIENTAL

 

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3 LABORATORIOS DE CALIDAD Y EQUIPO Q GRADER

 

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CERTIFICACIONES ORGANICO, & SPP FAIR TRADE 

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PLANTA DE PRODUCCIÓN DE ABONOS ORGÁNICOS

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AREA TOTAL 10.800 HECTAREAS

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ÁREA DE CAFÉ 3.800 HECTAREAS

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Guiados por la sabiduría ancestral, nuestro quehacer se fundamenta en: