OUR MISSION

YAVA is building the health of rural villages in eastern Indonesia. A "healthy village" has adequate jobs available and fair markets for small farmers. Empowering women is a critical ingredient of our building village capacity.

YAVA takes on this challenging work enthusiastically – and seriously. So, we keep score. You're invited to return frequently to track our progress along with us. See our latest mission report here.

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Our Mission in Numbers

During 2023 at our production facilities in Desa Ban, Bali and Oka, Flores.

2138

Tonnes

Total tons of raw ingredients purchased from Eastern Indonesia: 2.138 tonnes

471

Employees*

Getting cashews out of the shell, and making granola from scratch (from fresh fruits!) takes a lot of work!

53.7%

Leaders**

Women, portion of leaders

65.6%

Employees

Women, portion of total employees

53

Glycemic Index

White Sugar replaced with low-glycemic index Lontar Palm Sugar

* Full time equivalent
** Team leaders through department leaders

ANAKARDIA KIDS

AnaKardia Kids is located on-site at our factory and hosts over 55 children daily. The unusual name comes from the Latin word for the cashew tree anacardium occidentale and the Indonesian word for child (anak).

AnaKardia Kids gives the children of Desa Ban a head start in life by providing a safe, healthy and enriching early learning environment. We are proud to give the children of our community a chance ..

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Highlight Anakardia Kids

We are happy to witness every milestone taken by Anakardia Kids!

3 of Anakardia students competing in "Coloring Competition for Kindergartens", held by The Education, Youth & Sport
4 of Anakardia students competing in "Developing an Extraordinary of Creativity", held by Alfa Prima Campus
Anakardia Kids & Teachers participated in various competitions for all Pre-School held by the Pusat Kegiatan Gugus (PKG)

FARMER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

YAVA takes the livelihoods of our farmers and the use of local land seriously. Our farmer engagement includes instructing about sustainable farming techniques, creating Village Drying Centers, and the improving cashew trees through a seeding nursery distribution program.

YAVA works with our supplying local farmers as long-term partners.  This takes two forms:

  1. Providing fundamental information on sustainable practices such as mulching, pruning and using locally available fertilizers, and 
  2. Collaborating to improve or create new crop economic opportunities. 
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Below are a few examples of our projects:

Typically cashews are purchased after drying, and drying well requires at a minimum a concrete pad to keep them clean. To help small farmers dry cashews before sale, YAVA created them for farmers in the surrounding area.

The cashew trees in the area around Desa Ban were planted over thirty years ago and the yields now are declining. New varieties offer double the yield per tree as well as larger cashews. YAVA is in the process of providing seedlings for new varieties to area farmers.

YAVA purchases sugar made from Lontar tree nectar (nira) and further processes it into an ingredient. YAVA has helped nira farmers to improve:

  • personal safety while climbing trees, by providing protective equipment;
  • quality of the sugar, by providing cooking equipment and measurement tools.