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Coffee from
East Timor.
With one foot in Norway and one in East Timor, Konfiansa wants to reduce the distance between farmer and consumer.
Konfiansa springs from the organization Kria dalan
Kria dalan is a collaboration between Norwegian and Timorese students with the aim of contributing to sustainable development.
A basic idea in the work has been to give young Timorese knowledge and tools to develop the country themselves.
We take that with us in Konfiansa.
Our goal is to improve living conditions for farmers in East Timor.
Through a short, efficient and fair value chain, we want to radically increase 'value capture' in East Timor. Instead of around 10% of what you pay for the coffee going to the country of production (which is common), we want to increase this share to closer to 50%.
All profits in Konfiansa go straight back to East Timor. Our goal is that approx. 1/3 of what you pay for the coffee will go back to the local community. Read more about our work here.
Our team
Konfiansa currently consists of two full-time employees in East Timor, and a number of volunteers in both Norway and East Timor.
Eka costa (30)
Full-time employee, East Timor
Eka has been involved in Kria dalan since its inception in 2017. After working in party politics and in the Ministry of Children and Sports, she has worked for Konfiansa since autumn 2023
Jamie Gomes (30)
Volunteer, East Timor
Jamie studies social economics, and has been active in Kria dalan since 2019. He has led several projects in the context of Kria dalan.
Håkon Noren (29)
Volunteer, Norway
Håkon is one of the founders of Kria dalan, and has been involved in the organization since 2017. He is now working on a PhD in applied mathematics and is very fond of good coffee.
Talal Mohammad (31)
Volunteer, Norway
Talal has two master's degrees, one in biology and one in global health, and now works as a research assistant in global health inequalities at NTNU. He has been active in Kria dalan since 2020.
Bjørge Bondevik (28)
Volunteer, Norway
Bjørge is taking a PhD in international economics at NMBU, where he writes about the coffee industry and its impact on small-scale farmers in East Timor.
Agostinha de Deus Lemos (23)
Part-time employee, East Timor
Ella studies chemistry and has been part of Kria dalan since 2021.
Moises Monteiro de Deus (27)
Volunteer, East Timor
Moises studies development studies, and has been active in Kria dalan for several periods. He comes from Atsabe, the village where the coffee we currently sell comes from.
Noviana Faria Simões (25)
Volunteer, East Timor
Noviana studies development studies, and has been active in Kria dalan since 2018. She has also been involved in projects led by Unicef and WorldFish.
Brage hall (25)
Volunteer, Norway
Brage is our chief roaster, and works in consultation with Jacobsen & Svart to develop the optimal roasting profiles adapted to our Timorese coffees. Are you wondering about coffee? Ask Brage at brage.hall@kriadalan.org!
April
Full-time employee, East Timor
Abril comes from and lives in Maubisse. He is the secretary of the cooperative CCALMA, and has been working full-time with Konfiansa since March. He follows up the farmers closely, and must ensure that the production maintains a good quality level.
Kria dalan has organized many projects in East Timor since 2017. Read more about the organization at the link below.
Contact information
Konfiansa is a project under the organization Kria dalan, based in Trondheim.
Kria dalan
Organization number: 919659998
Address: c/o Håkon Noren, Haldens gate 12.
7014 Trondheim
Contact: post@konfiansa.no.
