INTERCULTURAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Our commitment to respect and care for Mother Earth stems from our mission, based on the fundamental pillars that guide our organization.
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Sembrar Paz 

Impulsamos la economía rural a través del café y el cacao sostenible, mejorando los ingresos, el empleo y el acceso a mercados, fomentando la equidad, la identidad cultural y una paz duradera.

Tejer el futuro en Comunidad

Tejer el futuro en Comunidad

Promovemos la autonomía y el liderazgo comunitario empoderando a mujeres, familias y jóvenes para co-crear bienestar colectivo a través de alianzas estratégicas.

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Armonía con la Naturaleza

Producimos en equilibrio y respetando nuestra biodiversidad, el entorno y todos los seres vivos, equilibrando el desarrollo rural con la protección de la Madre Tierra mediante la agroecología, el ordenamiento territorial y conservación de agua y suelos.

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Together, we impact the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through our model:

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Sowing Peace

We boost the rural economy through sustainable coffee and cocoa, improving income, employment, and market access, while fostering equity, cultural identity, and lasting peace.

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Weaving the future in Community

We promote community autonomy and leadership by empowering women, families, and youth to co-create collective well-being through strategic partnerships..

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Harmony with Nature

We produce in balance and with respect for our biodiversity, the environment, and all living beings, balancing rural development with the protection of Mother Earth through agroecology, land use planning, and water and soil conservation.

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We cultivate peace, sustainability, and cultural heritage through coffee and cocoa

Let's positively transform our communities.

JOIN THE IMPACT

Our Flagship Programs:

Leading change from the ground up

From seed to cup, we guarantee the authentic origin of every coffee and cocoa bean.

Our traceability system allows us to follow the journey of each product, highlighting the work of our communities, sustainable practices, and the positive impact on the region. In this way, we connect consumers with the real story behind each crop, strengthening transparency and fair trade..

SISTEMA TRAZABILIDAD Information system for product traceability.
CERTIFICACION Certifications.
ACOPIO Centralized collection.
MICROCENTRALES Benefit Micro Centers.
SECADORAS Community dryers.
TRILLA Trite.
COMERCIAL Comercial Management.

 

TRAZABILIDAD DE ORIGEN

 

Training leaders who care for the land, culture, and future. 

The Guardians of the Territory School is a space where children, youth, women, and community leaders are empowered to protect their culture, their knowledge, and their natural environment. Through educational processes with an ancestral and agroecological approach that empowers the community, we foster the generational renewal that guarantees the sustainability of our territories.

We provide tools and knowledge on productive, social, and environmental issues to strengthen their production units, foster leadership, and ensure the continuity of our traditions and the protection of our territory.

We believe that knowledge is the best inheritance for the next seven generations.

 
JOVENES Young Guardians Program.
MUJERES Weaving Women Program.
REDES Territorial Networks.
ESCUELA ANEI Field Schools.
CATEDRA ANEI Anei Lectures.

 

Guardianes

 

We regenerate life by uniting knowledge and nature.

This program promotes the restoration and protection of strategic ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía del Perijá. Through reforestation with native species, the creation of biological corridors, and the implementation of agroforestry practices, we work alongside communities to conserve biodiversity and maintain environmental balance. Our commitment to Mother Earth is ancestral. We farm in harmony, respecting its cycles and protecting forests and biodiversity..

CENTROS DE INNOVACION Centers for Innovation y Territorial Extension - CIET
BIOFABRICA Center for Intercultural Knowledge - Zarinzuwa Biofactory
SBN Nature-based Solutions

 

 

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Transformative impact for our communities

We believe that sustainable development begins at the heart of the territory and flourishes throughout our collective work.

Thanks to our fair trade model, sustainability premiums, and community programs, we are currently making a real impact on the lives of more than 800 Indigenous and rural families. These are some of the advances we've made for the 2024-2025 period:

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Education and Training

We invest in knowledge as a tool for transformation:

  • 35 educational grants that strengthen access to education at all levels.

  • 83 training courses in agroecology, leadership, product transformation, and more.

Learning is also sowing the future.

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Productive Development and Technical Assistance

We support our families in improving their agricultural practices and strengthening their productive autonomy:

  • 387 personalized technical assistive services.
  • 112 deliveries of agricultural inputs.
  • 7 germinators with capacity for 600,000 seedlings.
  • 5 community composters for the production of organic fertilizers.

Cultivate with awareness, transform with meaning.

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Economic Strengthening

We are promoting our own solidarity economy, these are some of our advancesfor 2024 - 2025:

  • 200 loans delivered for entrepreneurs and local needs.
  • 20 regional investments that improve infrastructure, equipment, and employment.
The economy at the service of good living.
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Food Safety

We strengthen food sovereignty with:

  • Community gardens that promote the cultivation of healthy, diverse, and organic foods.
We sow health, we reap well-being.
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Infraestructure and Quality

We improve post-harvest conditions to ensure high-quality products:

  • 20 improved drying structures.

Quality that is born from the origin and strengthens with each harvest.

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General Well-Being & Support

Our 7 territoriales managers accompany the communities day by day:
  • Promoting dialogue, organization, and participatory management.
  • Weaving links between actors, territories and knowledge.
We walk together toward a more just future in harmony with Mother Earth.

Certifications:

Reflection of Our Authentic Commitment

Our certifications are an external validation of our philosophy and the internal work we carry out every day. They represent our commitment to sustainable agricultural practices, fair trade, and environmental protection. ANEI is proud to hold certifications such as Organic (USDA NOP, JAS, EU), Fairtrade, and the Small Producers Symbol (SPP), and to comply with regulations such as the EUDR. Additionally, we are in the advanced process of obtaining Biodynamic certification, which optimizes productivity and strengthens soil health, and Bird Friendly certification, which validates our bird-friendly practices and their habitats.
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Our Allies for Sustainability

At ANEI, we believe that sustainability is built collectively. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of committed national and international partners, we are able to maximize our impact and strengthen the community initiatives we lead in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía del Perijá.

Each of our partners contributes their experience, knowledge, or financial support to make initiatives such as fair trade, agroecological production, the conservation of our territories, and community empowerment a reality.

 

 
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Cooperation for the Future: 

Weaving Alliances for the Sierra Nevada and the Serranía del Perijá

We believe in the power of partnerships to multiply positive impact.

At ANEI, we have demonstrated that when communities, academia, businesses, government, and social organizations come together, it is possible to generate sustainable development, collective well-being, and harmony with Mother Earth.

We invite NGOs, foundations, cooperatives, and related organizations to join forces. If you share our vision of territorial protection, intercultural sustainability, and community strengthening, we want to join you!

Let's build together a more just, resilient future in harmony with Mother Earth.

 

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