Cacao Elegguá

10/05/2023

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22/10/2019

Plantation taking shape slowly but surely, a sample of some of our progress!!! @ Freetown, Sierra Leone

21/10/2019

Random visitors who were curious about the farm. As it’s our intention to be to host guests, it bodes well for our agrotourism dreams!!!

@ Mapuma, Eastern, Sierra Leone

21/10/2019

pests!! These are our wonderful nemesis, I guess they were there b4 we arrived. They are however not conducive to our farming. We put sand around the coconut for termites protection. You have to see these lot in action, very effective, they have brought a whole building down and do enormous damages to our crops!!

28/12/2017

Muriel's diary - day 5: Borgbuabu.
Let's talk about health and education..

A few days into our stay, we take the short drive to the village of Borgbuabu. Borgbuabu is the village that is leasing the land to Cacao Elegguá. It is situated in the district of Kenema, in the E…

21/12/2017

Muriel's diary - day 3: so how is the cocoa doing?

Cacao Elegguá is having a great impact into the economy of the local community: the farm employee headcount surpasses 40. All new recruits are given an employee handbook that put the employee wellb…

20/12/2017

Day 2: Welcome to Camp Elegguá!

We wake up in a beautiful clearing enclosed with bamboos. Tents are set-up on sturdy wooden platforms. Bamboo benches have been built all around and very high trees provide a very gentle shade. Thi…

18/12/2017

Lakka Beach, Freetown!

18/12/2017

A year after the Cacao Elegguá plantation has been set-up I come and see the progress for myself, in my very first trip to Sierra Leone!

It’s barely been a year since Desmond has secured the Cacao Elegguá plantation land, in an area called “Famanger” tucked between the villages of Borgbuabu and Gliema. I am very excited to finally m…

25/08/2017

New post on the blog: Rainy season
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It is rainy season in Sierra Leone. Many people living in unsafe housing have died following mudslides and flooding. It is sad to witness these highly avoidable tragedies. To me, helping the people…