Séverin started working with Cocoa Horizons as a coach in 2018. After 4 years, he joined the truck team as the greatest showman! This job is really rewarding as not only can he sensitize and exchange with communities, but he’s also creating a joyful celebration inviting everyone to join in and have fun, himself included.

“Our first objective when we enter a community is to make sure that the message we bring is very clearly delivered, and the people get it. By the time we are leaving, I want to hear our message on everyone’s lips. Yesterday, our message was that kids need to be at school.  We also have such messages about the need to protect the environment, child protection, and best practices for growing cocoa.”

Sometimes, the context is less favorable but the team always find ways to make their visit an unforgettable moment.

“Even though it’s not part of our job, we recently got to play peacemakers in another community. There was a fight between the farmers and the cooperative. There was great tension between them. Thanks to the event we organized, we got to sit both parties down and found an amicable solution. The people were so happy, they threw a party for all of us to enjoy. It was a very fulfilling experience.”

The Cocoa Horizons Foundation is a non-profit organization, third party verified, highly transparent on premium and methodology, based in Switzerland and established and supported by Barry Callebaut. It’s an impact driven program with the vision to drive cocoa farmer prosperity by creating self-sustaining communities that protect nature and children. The Foundation supports the Sustainable Development Goals (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment)*. 

*The content of this publication has not been approved by the United Nations and does not reflect the views of the United Nations or its officials or Member States.