SOPACDI (Solidarité Paysanne pour la Promotion des Actions Café et Développement Intégral) was created in 2002. This coffee co-op is located on Lake Kivu, straddling the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. SOPACDI now has over 5,200 farmers, 20% of whom are women, and is a leader in promoting gender equality and helping revitalize the country's coffee economy. SOPACDI is the very first certified Fairtrade co-op in the DRC and is the 2014 Sustainability Award Recipient from the Specialty Coffee Association of America.

Critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas are found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With each purchase of this coffee, Thanksgiving Coffee donates to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, which has been working to protect these beautiful creatures for over 55 years. Since 2004 we have raised $58,494.28 and counting…