PROJECT 01

Coffee

Coffee from our partner farmers of the Karen people in Thailand

Through coffee we provide career education and create jobs for children in Thailand, taking on the gap in the opportunities open to them.

Buy our coffee

BRANDS

Brands

For those who support our work

Saphan Coffee

Coffee born from our work with children in Thailand. The packaging features drawings by children at the migrant school, so every purchase supports the activities.

For those who love coffee

Saphan Coffee Roaster

Beans from Karen farms, roasted to bring out the character of their origin — for anyone who wants to enjoy the coffee itself.

ACTIVITIES

What we do through coffee

Fair trade

A farmer harvesting cherries from a coffee tree

We trade directly with our partner farmers of the Karen people, a hill tribe in Thailand. The farm sits in Huay Sompoi village, a Karen village in Chiang Mai, home to around 100 smallholder households. Valuing quality over quantity, we grow and harvest together with several of those farms to produce organic, high-grade beans.

Supplies for migrant schools

Children in a classroom at the migrant school

Thailand is home to many migrants from neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. Educational standards for migrant children are low, and the migrant schools they attend are not equipped to give them even a basic education. Step by step, starting with the schools we already work with, we want to build an environment where these children can receive that basic education.

Making the packaging

Package artwork for Saphan coffee drawn by the children

The children at the migrant schools each draw a picture, and together we turn them into our coffee packaging. They love to draw, and every picture has a story behind it. We believe a drawing is something wholly positive that crosses borders, circumstances, language and culture, and we hope these drawings bring the children a little closer to you.

Roasting workshops

Migrant school students being shown how to use a coffee grinder

For older children at the migrant schools who are interested in cafés, coffee or farming, our partner farmers run coffee courses centred on roasting. We believe what you experience as a child shapes the choices you make later, and we hope these experiences become a bridge to the children's futures.

PARTNER

Looking for business partners

01
Creating opportunities for children to encounter what they want to do
02
Supporting what children want to challenge themselves to do
03
Supporting children's future

We are looking for companies (in Thailand or Japan) that are willing to work with us on the above. We are looking forward to receiving proposals other than the above.

Our business partners

A coffee farm in Chiang Mai
HWF, the NGO running the migrant schools in Mae Sot

CONTACT

Get in touch

Questions about Saphan, business enquiries, interview and speaking requests.