Keeping production in Peru provides local women jobs creating chocolate. All of our chocolates are handmade with natural ingredients. The women who work at the factory are part owners of the factory.
Charity, no. Small Business, Yes
Improving living conditions for people here in the US and Peru is done through small business. We believe that charities do provide benefits to struggling communities, but that small business allows communities to be self sufficient. When communities are creating products of exceptional quality and value those products should be enjoyed through trade.
La Orquidea chocolates are made by proud, hard working individuals who have come together to produce a premium product. La Orquidea has been producing chocolates for 10 years and is now being sold in the US.
You are the final link in our chain; with more consumers, more people find work in Peru. We want you to know what drives us to improve and grow. We are working to bring you a product of the highest quality at a fair price. As we grow, those around us grow.
The people at La Orquidea produce smaller batches of specialty chocolate to ensure the best quality rather than largest quantity. Great care is taken to produce the chocolate, and we care greatly about how what we do affects the world around us. We believe in small business and know that you will appreciate the quality products we provide.
What do you want to support when you buy?
Aside from purchasing a great chocolate, your purchase makes a difference in a very real way. San Martin is the region of Peru where the chocolates originate. La Orquidea has a fund that goes to the protection of rainforest. The spectacled bear (oso de anteojos) lives in this region and has a better chance at survival with conservation efforts in the region.
We, at Peruvian Chocolate and La Orquidea, recognize that as a business we have a responsibility to the communities in which they operate. We might not be able to change the world, but we can improve our piece of it. When you buy our chocolates, you expand our influence in this conservation effort.
