Louise Mabulo – Founder of The Cacao Project

Louise Mabulo is the originator of The Cacao Project, a drive that furnishes ranchers in the Philippines with cacao plant seedlings and shows them how to dependably and economically produce cacao. Until this point in time, the venture has helped in excess of 200 ranchers plant 80,000 trees. She is an earthy person, rancher, social business visionary and culinary specialist from the Philippines.

The venture helps reforestation endeavors and has assisted with the recovery of two water sources from expanded water maintenance in soil. Notwithstanding cacao, the undertaking gives ranchers different harvests, for example, bok choy, okra and pumpkins to intercrop with the cacao and keep up with soil ripeness.

Louise completed Economic Development and Social Entrepreneurship at Brown University, U.S.A., and the Watson Institute Philippines, she is an Ambassador of Operation Smiles Philippines, Breville Philippines, and the Department of Tourism’s Flavors of the Philippines. Louise is likewise the Founder of The Culinary Lounge, The Camarines Food and Tourism Society. At the 2017 Winter Youth Assembly, Louise won a lifetime Fellowship from the Resolution Project for her social endeavor, The Cacao Project. She was perceived as the Outstanding Youth Ambassador at the 21st Session of the United Nations Youth Assembly. Louise Mabulo likewise won the Best Dessert in Asia Award at the Disciples d’Escoffier Young Talent Trophy at the Restaurant and Bar Show in Hong Kong. She is the most youthful individual from Disciples d’Escoffier Philippines and was a finalist in the TV reality cooking show, Junior MasterChef.

She was granted The Outstanding Young Farmer of the Philippines by JCI International in November 2018, and Friend of Humanity by Friendship Ambassadors Foundation in 2020.