Because of the perfect conditions of the area’s volcanic soil, Cacao trees were already growing in the Mount Mayon region, and had been since hundreds of years ago! We were able to produce seedlings that we co-planted with existing coconut trees.

Muravah foundation purchases all resulting harvests, thereby increasing farmer income up to 4 times from their usual coconut harvests. This meant enough revenue to take the majority of our partner-farmers above the poverty line.

Today, there are more than 30,00 trees, with over 300 small growers. We constructed an entire chocolate processing plant that employs local workers from poverty-stricken farming communities in the Mount Mayon region, who are an active part of the chocolate industry in the Philippines.