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The Cacao project

Thank to all of you for your interest in helping our organization. We also would like to be included in your travel plans to get in touch and to show you personally who we are and how our work develops. But at first this page gives a short introduction of the work of Cacao del Ecuador.

Cacao del Ecuador started to work as a commercial alternative of the producers of Cacao Arriba in Ecuador. We are located in Bolívar Province, in Las Naves, our geography and weather is subtropical. The cultivation conditions reach from 800 mts above sea level until 50 mts. In our area we produce cacao arriba, oranges, banana, coffee, and some more exotic fruits as mango and love fruit. We are located 250 km southwest of Quito and 120 km away from Guayaquil in the center of Ecuador, very close to Chimborazo in the Andes and nearby Guaranda city (best known as the major capital of Carnival in Ecuador).

This idea began because our communities have been exploited unfairly through decades by business man. These circumstances have been resulted in the commercialization of cacao to exporters and in the meantime in paying low prices for our goods. 

The story has now changed, we are able to produce our own chocolate. Not depending on the international prices of cacao anymore we have the opportunity to sell the chocolate bar and pay the right fair price to the producers. Meanwhile we are more than 400 hundred producers of cacao involved in this project, the quality of life is getting better and the international support is already knocking on our door.

I hope this information is helpful and we expect your visit soon to enjoy what we daily expierence in our country. If you don´t mind you can mail us your address to send you some of our chocolate to have a fantastic flavor experience.

I attached some pictures of our fincas, some views and highlights of our Province Bolivar, Chimborazo mountain, Guaranda city and Las Naves.

We promote and practice fair trade, the fair price, good enviromental habits, and protection of our water and rivers.

At the other hand we are very endeavoured to maintain the organic and sustainable conditions with special respect to the enviroment through volunteer programs and interships The goal of this is to show how great is practicing these good actions and to share our work world wide. The volunteers work with the people in fincas, and also in P.R activities to promote our bar and goods. We offer them home, food and happiness.




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Contact info

UCOCS Las Naves, Provincia de Bolívar, Ecuador

Media & Greenprojects

Phone: (593) 993651625

E-mail: cacaodelecuador@hotmail.com