【April Dream】 Aiming to open a café at a children's care facility in Yangon! We want to spread a circle of smiles in Myanmar by creating "Connected Coffee" with the children using our self-developed automatic roaster.
Beans Connected Co., Ltd. (RoCoBeL) aims to support the "Dream Train" children's care facility in Yangon, Myanmar, by establishing a café where children can roast and sell specialty coffee using the company's proprietary automatic roasters. This initiative seeks to provide vocational training and foster social skills for the children while expanding the "Connected Coffee" project internationally.
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We support "April Dream," an initiative that encourages companies to share their dreams on April 1st. This press release represents the dream of "Beans Connected Co., Ltd. (RoCoBeL)." Furthermore, this press release is distributed with the permission of the certified NPO Japan Heart.
Beans Connected Co., Ltd. (RoCoBeL / Representative: Hidetoshi Miyazaki) puts forth the following dream: "As part of the support project for the renewing 'Dream Train' children's care facility in Yangon, Myanmar, we aim to open a café in the future, install our self-developed small automatic roasters there, and have the children themselves roast and sell Myanmar specialty coffee. We are committed to supporting the realization of this dream with all our might."
[Image Caption: From the right: Reina Nasuda, manager of Dream Train; graduates Lubu and Rudy; Sora Mon, a graduate and art university student who drew the illustration for the coffee label; and RoCoBeL representative Miyazaki. The five are holding 'Dream Train Connected Coffee.']
## "Dream Train": Protecting the Lives and Futures of Children in Myanmar
"Dream Train" is a children's care facility operated by the certified NPO Japan Heart in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. It was established in 2010 to protect the lives of children who cannot attend school or receive medical care due to social issues such as HIV, drugs, civil war, and poverty, and to provide them with a safe place to live and learn.
Starting with 28 children, the facility has hosted 388 individuals to date. Currently, about 120 children, ranging from preschoolers to university students, live together. However, 15 years after its opening, the building is in a serious state of disrepair, with issues such as roof leaks. To create an environment where children can focus on their studies and have their privacy respected, a rebuilding project is planned with a target completion date of 2027.
[Image Caption: The current exterior of Dream Train.]
## A Café in the New Facility: A Concept for "Practically Cultivating Social Skills"
As part of the support project for the renewed Dream Train, there is a concept to open a café in the future and open it to the local community to deepen interaction. This café will also serve as a place for children to "practically cultivate social skills," such as business etiquette and communication abilities.
*Note: The specific location and operation of the café will be discussed and considered with Japan Heart in the future.*
[Image Caption: Uses 100% Myanmar specialty coffee beans. Available in three roasts: light, medium, and dark.]
## Bonds Born from the "Unsolicited Support" Coffee: "Dream Train Connected Coffee"
RoCoBeL has previously supported Dream Train's activities by launching "Dream Train Connected Coffee," an "unsolicited support" coffee that we "make on our own, sell on our own, and give back."
The raw materials for this coffee are specialty beans produced through great effort by "Amayar Coffee," a group formed by 50 female farmers in the Ywangan region of Myanmar aiming for economic independence. These beans are roasted and commercialized by staff at disability support facilities in Japan using small automatic roasters developed by RoCoBeL. RoCoBeL purchases this coffee and sells it at events and online. 10% of the sales are returned to Japan Heart and used as operating funds for Dream Train. It was also adopted as a return gift for the crowdfunding campaign for the Dream Train renewal project, which concluded on March 25th of this year (thanks to everyone, it achieved over 180% of its 10 million yen goal).
[Image Caption: Many young local women work at the Amayar Coffee green bean sorting facility in Ywangan.]
## RoCoBeL's "Serious Dream": Expanding the Circle of "Connected Coffee" in Yangon
Our dream is to have our self-developed small automatic roasters installed in the new Dream Train café. These roasters are currently in operation at privately owned cafés and bars, as well as at seven disability employment and independence support facilities across Japan. Their greatest feature is that "no experience or specialized knowledge is required; anyone can easily roast coffee beans without failure, just like cooking rice in a rice cooker."
We want to use these roasters not in Japan, but in Myanmar. We want the children of Dream Train in Yangon and the local residents to make "Dream Train Connected Coffee" with their own hands.
We envision a future where that coffee is enjoyed by local residents and Japanese people living in Yangon, and even sold in various shops as a souvenir of Myanmar. In other words, our dream is to realize the "Connected Coffee" initiative—currently centered at disability support facilities in Japan—in Yangon as well, and to expand the circle of connection to the world.
[Image Caption: Conceptual diagram of 'Connected Coffee.' We want to expand this to Myanmar as well.]
## Challenges and Hopes for Realizing the Dream
There are several challenges to making this dream come true:
* Development of a roaster compatible with Myanmar's 200V voltage
* Building a local support system in Myanmar to respond quickly in case of malfunctions
* Expanding demand for regular coffee in Myanmar, where tea and instant coffee are mainstream
However, we have great "hope." The first lot of 50 small automatic roasters for the Japanese market has already been delivered, and they are currently undergoing test runs in preparation for the launch of a full-scale subscription and rental service. All that remains is to start development for the 200V version based on this.
[Image Caption: The small automatic roaster currently being prepared for service. It will be offered via a subscription/rental model for 9,900 yen per month, which includes free regular inspections, maintenance, and repairs. There is no monthly commitment, so it can be returned after one month. Its features are low initial investment, ease of starting, and ease of stopping.]
Furthermore, in recent years, the number of people enjoying coffee in Myanmar has been gradually increasing, and a culture of drinking coffee at cafés is beginning to sprout. As the number of cafés where one can drink coffee increases, the need for home roasting will naturally rise. Once that happens, the number of small automatic roasters operating within Myanmar will increase, allowing us to build a support network.
Additionally, at "Tokyo Tomato Café," which RoCoBeL representative Miyazaki opened in Yangon in 2016, we have accepted six Dream Train graduates to date, and two of them remain in Yangon and are working energetically. They can directly guide their juniors in café management and vocational training. This is something that can be realized immediately.
RoCoBeL will continue to support the independence and bright future of the children of Myanmar through coffee with all our might.
"April Dream" is a project by PR TIMES where companies share the dreams they hope to achieve someday on April 1st. We are seriously aiming to realize this dream.
Inquiries:
Beans Connected Co., Ltd. (RoCoBeL)
3-41-13 Okurayama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (Relocated from Shibuya)
info@rocobel.com
03-6824-3437 (RoCoBeL Support Desk)
Sales Site:
https://shop.rocobel.com/
Project Related Links:
- Children's Care Facility Dream Train Special Page:
https://www.japanheart.org/lp/dreamtrain/
- About Dream Train Connected Coffee:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000014.000099626.html
We support "April Dream," an initiative that encourages companies to share their dreams on April 1st. This press release represents the dream of "Beans Connected Co., Ltd. (RoCoBeL)." Furthermore, this press release is distributed with the permission of the certified NPO Japan Heart.
Beans Connected Co., Ltd. (RoCoBeL / Representative: Hidetoshi Miyazaki) puts forth the following dream: "As part of the support project for the renewing 'Dream Train' children's care facility in Yangon, Myanmar, we aim to open a café in the future, install our self-developed small automatic roasters there, and have the children themselves roast and sell Myanmar specialty coffee. We are committed to supporting the realization of this dream with all our might."
[Image Caption: From the right: Reina Nasuda, manager of Dream Train; graduates Lubu and Rudy; Sora Mon, a graduate and art university student who drew the illustration for the coffee label; and RoCoBeL representative Miyazaki. The five are holding 'Dream Train Connected Coffee.']
## "Dream Train": Protecting the Lives and Futures of Children in Myanmar
"Dream Train" is a children's care facility operated by the certified NPO Japan Heart in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. It was established in 2010 to protect the lives of children who cannot attend school or receive medical care due to social issues such as HIV, drugs, civil war, and poverty, and to provide them with a safe place to live and learn.
Starting with 28 children, the facility has hosted 388 individuals to date. Currently, about 120 children, ranging from preschoolers to university students, live together. However, 15 years after its opening, the building is in a serious state of disrepair, with issues such as roof leaks. To create an environment where children can focus on their studies and have their privacy respected, a rebuilding project is planned with a target completion date of 2027.
[Image Caption: The current exterior of Dream Train.]
## A Café in the New Facility: A Concept for "Practically Cultivating Social Skills"
As part of the support project for the renewed Dream Train, there is a concept to open a café in the future and open it to the local community to deepen interaction. This café will also serve as a place for children to "practically cultivate social skills," such as business etiquette and communication abilities.
*Note: The specific location and operation of the café will be discussed and considered with Japan Heart in the future.*
[Image Caption: Uses 100% Myanmar specialty coffee beans. Available in three roasts: light, medium, and dark.]
## Bonds Born from the "Unsolicited Support" Coffee: "Dream Train Connected Coffee"
RoCoBeL has previously supported Dream Train's activities by launching "Dream Train Connected Coffee," an "unsolicited support" coffee that we "make on our own, sell on our own, and give back."
The raw materials for this coffee are specialty beans produced through great effort by "Amayar Coffee," a group formed by 50 female farmers in the Ywangan region of Myanmar aiming for economic independence. These beans are roasted and commercialized by staff at disability support facilities in Japan using small automatic roasters developed by RoCoBeL. RoCoBeL purchases this coffee and sells it at events and online. 10% of the sales are returned to Japan Heart and used as operating funds for Dream Train. It was also adopted as a return gift for the crowdfunding campaign for the Dream Train renewal project, which concluded on March 25th of this year (thanks to everyone, it achieved over 180% of its 10 million yen goal).
[Image Caption: Many young local women work at the Amayar Coffee green bean sorting facility in Ywangan.]
## RoCoBeL's "Serious Dream": Expanding the Circle of "Connected Coffee" in Yangon
Our dream is to have our self-developed small automatic roasters installed in the new Dream Train café. These roasters are currently in operation at privately owned cafés and bars, as well as at seven disability employment and independence support facilities across Japan. Their greatest feature is that "no experience or specialized knowledge is required; anyone can easily roast coffee beans without failure, just like cooking rice in a rice cooker."
We want to use these roasters not in Japan, but in Myanmar. We want the children of Dream Train in Yangon and the local residents to make "Dream Train Connected Coffee" with their own hands.
We envision a future where that coffee is enjoyed by local residents and Japanese people living in Yangon, and even sold in various shops as a souvenir of Myanmar. In other words, our dream is to realize the "Connected Coffee" initiative—currently centered at disability support facilities in Japan—in Yangon as well, and to expand the circle of connection to the world.
[Image Caption: Conceptual diagram of 'Connected Coffee.' We want to expand this to Myanmar as well.]
## Challenges and Hopes for Realizing the Dream
There are several challenges to making this dream come true:
* Development of a roaster compatible with Myanmar's 200V voltage
* Building a local support system in Myanmar to respond quickly in case of malfunctions
* Expanding demand for regular coffee in Myanmar, where tea and instant coffee are mainstream
However, we have great "hope." The first lot of 50 small automatic roasters for the Japanese market has already been delivered, and they are currently undergoing test runs in preparation for the launch of a full-scale subscription and rental service. All that remains is to start development for the 200V version based on this.
[Image Caption: The small automatic roaster currently being prepared for service. It will be offered via a subscription/rental model for 9,900 yen per month, which includes free regular inspections, maintenance, and repairs. There is no monthly commitment, so it can be returned after one month. Its features are low initial investment, ease of starting, and ease of stopping.]
Furthermore, in recent years, the number of people enjoying coffee in Myanmar has been gradually increasing, and a culture of drinking coffee at cafés is beginning to sprout. As the number of cafés where one can drink coffee increases, the need for home roasting will naturally rise. Once that happens, the number of small automatic roasters operating within Myanmar will increase, allowing us to build a support network.
Additionally, at "Tokyo Tomato Café," which RoCoBeL representative Miyazaki opened in Yangon in 2016, we have accepted six Dream Train graduates to date, and two of them remain in Yangon and are working energetically. They can directly guide their juniors in café management and vocational training. This is something that can be realized immediately.
RoCoBeL will continue to support the independence and bright future of the children of Myanmar through coffee with all our might.
"April Dream" is a project by PR TIMES where companies share the dreams they hope to achieve someday on April 1st. We are seriously aiming to realize this dream.
Inquiries:
Beans Connected Co., Ltd. (RoCoBeL)
3-41-13 Okurayama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (Relocated from Shibuya)
info@rocobel.com
03-6824-3437 (RoCoBeL Support Desk)
Sales Site:
https://shop.rocobel.com/
Project Related Links:
- Children's Care Facility Dream Train Special Page:
https://www.japanheart.org/lp/dreamtrain/
- About Dream Train Connected Coffee:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000014.000099626.html