Meet Our Farmers

We currently have 5 young farmers growing, harvesting, managing and selling vegetables from our own two farms and from other farms in our network! Every day offers opportunities to learn on the job while we also offer more organised trainings on English, accounting, cooking, photography, computer and agriculture.

Read about their own experiences at Kokkoya below-

Khu Pawe

We have improved the good social parts. We had to learn alot of organic agriculture from Kokkoya. We know managment about the work and crop planning. First, we don’t know how to start about an organic farm but now a little bit easy for us. We got alot of business methods and product value experience. We can choose to grow suitable climate vegetable. One year, in kokkoya we got so many trainings- english class, marketing, cooking, etc…. We got so many new friends and experience so we really improve skills!

Catherine

I got a lot of experience in Kokkoya Organics. At first I don’t know well english language but now I am better and can speak english a little. I also learned how to communicate and I got agriculture methods. I am so lucky in staying Kokkoya. Now I slowly slowly learn about markerting and how to start my own farm. Thank you so much everyone for everything!

Nilar Kyaw

In Kokkoya, I’m getting a lot of agriculture experiences, better English skills and farm management. I know how to manage the farm, how to grow the plants and also better social parts. I got a lot of training. First time, I don’t know about Permaculture. Now, at this time I know a little about Permaculture. First, I don’t know how to start the farm but now I know. I hope to speak English language better than present.

Mg Nyunt Win

When we first started our farm, we cleaned grass and removed many bricks with 5 employees, where I started learning the basic of work. I worked hard on the farm, taking the teacher’s advice, knowledge and alot of working rules and started building growing beds. It has many trees such as, Moringa trees, Jack fruit trees, Banana trees, Papaya trees and flower trees etc… . Now, l live on the farm with my friend he is Khayan and from Dawei. We start working every morning at 8 o’ clock break from 11.30 to 3:30pm then 5:30pm evening is when we finish working. We don’t have overtime. We have four days off per month. Our job is not at all hard and I like it. We get experience with this work and we don’t have special difficulties at the farm. This quarter is very silent, sometimes we feel its too quiet for even singing loudly. We go to Myi Ni Gon or Kyimanaing market on foot- nearly two mile far from there, but we are never tired or moan as everything is ok. I like our moringa farm because it’s very beautiful and I can say the best farm for me. Our teacher is very kind and I love it. I like to speak english with teacher because it’s a beautiful language and I need it.

Saw Bo Hein