1. What is Yachana?
2. Why should my organization fundraise with Yachana Jungle Chocolate? How does this benefit our organization?
3. How much money are we talking about?
4. Our members are busy professionals/students who do not have time to organize fundraising events. Will we have time to fundraise with Yachana Jungle Chocolate?
5. Times are tough and we have little resources to invest. How can we be sure that we won't lose money?
6. How do we get started?
1. What is Yachana?
Yachana Jungle Chocolate is a delicious, unique chocolate product produced by Yachana Gourmet in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest. Yachana Gourmet is a socially progressive, ecologically conscious company that supports Fair Trade practices and buys directly from small family farmers cultivating shade-grown cacao in the rainforest of Ecuador. Yachana Gourmet's profits support the FUNEDESIN Foundation's sustainable development, healthcare, and conservation programs.
For more information on Yachana Jungle Chocolate, please click here. For more information on Yachana Gourmet, please click here. For more information on the work of FUNEDESIN, please click here.
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2. Why should my organization fundraise with Yachana Jungle Chocolate? How does this benefit our organization?
Times are tough for non-profits, service organizations, church groups, schools, sports teams, and all types of community organizations worldwide right now. While your organization is becoming more active than ever, sources of funding to help you achieve your goals are on the decline. Fundraising with Yachana Jungle Chocolate solves that problem by providing your organization with soft funds that it can use to:
- Support your work
- Fund travel expenses for your students, members, etc
- Expand and participate in more activities
- Attend conventions, conferences, tournaments, etc
Essentially, this is an efficient, low-cost way for you to increase the impact of your organization’s work.
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3. How much money are we talking about?
To use a concrete example, let's suppose that your organization would like to fundraise with Yachana Jungle Chocolate and that it has 20 members, 10 of which are really active. By fundraising with Yachana Jungle Chocolate, buying the chocolate at $1.67 and selling it at $2.99 to their friends, family, neighbors and coworkers those 10 active members could raise $3,168 for your organization, class, team, etc. At the same time, Yachana Gourmet would donate $400 to the charity of your choice. Moreover, Yachana Gourmet would donate to your organization a free trip for two to its award-winning Yachana Lodge (a value of roughly $800), located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Rainforest*.
Example:
Your members sell 50 cases for $7167
Your members bought 50 cases (one case at a time) at a total cost of $4008
Profit for your organization - $3,159
Money that Yachana Gourmet will donate to the charity of your choice - $400
Value of the free trip for two to Yachana Lodge* - $800
In addition, the chapter would be promoting sustainable development in the Ecuadorian Amazon as all proceeds from the sale of Yachana Jungle Chocolate go to support the conservation, healthcare, and sustainable development work of FUNEDESIN, the Ecuadorian NGO that created Yachana Gourmet to fund its work.
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4. Our members are busy professionals/students who do not have time to organize fundraising events. Will we have time to fundraise with Yachana Jungle Chocolate?
Fundraising with Yachana Jungle Chocolate removes all of the burdensome logistical and painstaking steps to running a fundraiser. Yachana Gourmet's distributor will ship your organization product to your doorstep. From there, members should simply keep a box in their office, in their home, or in the trunk of their car to have available for sale to coworkers, classmates, family members, friends, and others in their communities. No planning whatsoever is needed to start fundraising. Simply, place an order and start watching the funds roll in. Considering the significant amount of planning and effort required to fundraise in other ways (blacktie nights, auctions, yard sales, door-to-door soliciting, bake sales,etc) this is as efficient as it gets.
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5. Times are tough and we have little resources to invest. How can we be sure that we won't lose money?
The minimum order to get started is one case of chocolate (two to be eligible for free shipping). This would cost a chapter a mere $80 (one case) to $160 (two cases) - a minimal expenditure. Very little of the chocolate would need to be sold to recover this small investment. Considering the significant expenditures that need be made to fundraise in other ways, this expenditure and risk related to fundraising with Yachana Jungle Chocolate is minimal.
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6. How do we get started?
Simply contact Yachana Gourmet's distributor by calling 1-800-637-7614 toll-free or by sending an email to owp-info@oneworldprojects.com. Be sure to mention what organization you are with and that you intend on fundraising with the product.
* The free trip to Yachana Lodge includes the following for two people - river transportation from Coca, Ecuador to the Lodge and from the Lodge to Coca, all guides and guided tours while at the lodge, 3 nights’ accommodations at the Lodge, 3 meals per day while at the Lodge, and all fluvial transport while at the Lodge.
The trip does not include: international airfare to Ecuador, transportation to and from Quito, Ecuador to Coca Ecuador, tips, alcoholic drinks, and anything else not explicitly listed as being included. Dependent on space available. Winners must use their trip within 365 days of having won it.
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