Honduras: Farm to Cup Service Experience

Community Partner: Student Life Dining Services (for questions about this trip, please contact Kathy Grant.228@osu.edu)

Trip Dates: December 16-21, 2024

Location: Siguatepeque, Honduras

Number of Participants: 6

Price: $2000

Included in participant fee:

All logistical and travel expenses: Roundtrip airfare, in-country transportation, and overnight lodging for the duration of trip in a local hostel.
GeoBlue Supplemental International Insurance enrollment and coverage for duration of trip/travel.
Buck-I-SERV supplies/swag: Individual items (t-shirts, water bottles, fanny packs, pens, and reflection booklets for each group member) and group items (first aid kit, disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer, deck of playing cards, and thank you card for community partner).
Buck-I-SERV Events and Training: Winter Kick-Off and Welcome Back events with catering and pre-trip education and training.
Some meals will be provided throughout the trip.

Travel and housing:

Participants will fly roundtrip.
Overnight lodging will be provided at a local hostel.
A full packing list will be provided to participants and discussed during pre-trip meetings leading up to departure.

What to expect:

This service-learning trip will allow students to experience the sourcing of coffee and the lifecycle of coffee from farm to cup.
They will work directly with local coffee farmers to learn how coffee is grown, harvested, processed, procured, shipped, further processed, roasted, packaged, brewed and consumed.
They will also have the opportunity to engage in service activities by participating in the building of a home for a local farmer, learn and assist in training a water filtration program, visit a school and a soccer practice, and visit a new Serve Hope facility that is in development. The facility includes that new school location, a soccer academy, and gym.
Students would also have an opportunity to become familiar in socio-cultural differences, issues of smallholder subsistence farmers and current approaches to poverty alleviation, community transformation, impact measurement, traceability and environmental impact mitigation.
Please note: A valid passport is required at time of application for this INTERNATIONAL trip. Passports must have expiration date of at least 6 months after the return date of the trip (ex: June 2025).