Mi Mundo Mexicano

In 2022 two Kiwis, Benjamin and Suz, got together to create a unique café in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, that is kind to both people and the planet. With a shared passion for education, working in Latin America, community projects and environmental regeneration, they got to work creating inina cafeteria, which means ‘glimmer of light’.

The aim of this café is to create a business that provides free hospitality industry training, and well-paid jobs in dignified work conditions for teenagers and young adults from low-income communities in San Cristóbal de las Casas. Many young people in these communities simply don’t have the financial means to gain any kind of occupational skills training.

Having a permanent, dignified job is life-changing. With a reliable source of income, these young people will be able to provide for their families.

As well as funding the café training for young people and providing jobs, Benjamin and Suz are committed to using business profits to support projects in the communities of the employees of inina to achieve positive social, environmental and economic outcomes.