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fee market were opened. Together, they
designed and obtained funding for a pro-
gram to assist in mastering the business
skills reqired for international trade and
to begin rehabilitating the farms and im-
proving the infrastructure. They began by
constructing the first new central coffee
washing station to be built in the country
in over forty years.
Since then, SOPACDI has grown to
include more than 5,200 farmers, 20% of
whom are women. In a region infamous
for rampant sexual violence, SOPACDI
has been a leader in promoting gender
equality and supporting the widows of
those farmers who died trying to smuggle
their beans into Rwanda. In addition to
the revitalizing their lost coffee economy,
SOPACDI has earned the distinction of
The Congo is the heart of Africa
being the first Fairtrade Certified co-op in DRC and was also named 2014's Sustain-
ability Award recipient from the Specialty Coffee Association of America (now SCA).
They even hosted DRC's first internationally recognized coffee cupping competition,
Saveur du Kivu, in 2015.
Economic stability saves lives, and not just human ones. Poor economic condi-
tions result in the rise of eating and selling bushmeat, further endangering the sensi-
tive wildlife of DRC. As the animals are hunted, their numbers drop and they retreat
deeper into the dense jungle. As logging companies and farmers clear away the forests
