Step Up assists Ofamen Cacao Farm in documenting its experiences through the production of a coffee table book. The book entitled “Hulma” tells the story of how the briquette production initiative forged a promising environment-friendly community social enterprise in Barangay Calunasan, Calape Bohol.  The coffee table book features the story of how the local farm was able to innovate by utilising agricultural wastes in making briquettes, an alternative to lump charcoal, a win-win solution not only for the environment but also for augmenting the income of families in their barangay.

Ofamen Cacao Farm was granted 1.4 million in funding, which was used to invest in briquette technology and capacitate local families in their community to become agri-entrepreneurs. 

Ms. Joyce Pulchra Ofamen, a social entrepreneur, is also a recipient of the WHWise: iBLEnDNICE 4WomEn, which aims to establish a more cohesive and inclusive social innovation ecosystem through capacitating women entrepreneurs in the Philippines.