As part of our CSR charity committed corporation effort with 20 for future, we imported a very special CSR product from Guatemala. Afriprica chilly sauce is the creation of Gerg and Helaine Walton, who upon visiting a friend deep in the mountains of Guatemala 15 years ago, saw the need of the people, many refugees who survived the internal war. There was no electricity, most people only went to schools for 2 years, there were even no roads, so Greg and Helaine had to go in and out by small airplanes, being teachers, they felt education was what the village needed most above all.
In the last 15 years, they built a middle school, high school, a caretaker school. The first lady of Guatemala once remarked the middle school was the best in the country. They also taught the locals how to farm, raise livestock, and make this Afriprica chilly sauce, which our creative director David tasted, and upon learning the story behind it, felt we needed to help bring it into Taiwan, so not only will we get to enjoy a wonderful chilly sauce, but that their touching story and example would also be shared.
一對南非夫婦Greag and Helaine Walton，十五年前到瓜地馬拉拜訪朋友，而這位朋友住在一個內戰後難民形成的聚落，位處深山，十分貧困。當地人平均只受過兩年教育，沒有電力（他們帶入太陽能板發電供學校使用）、沒有聯外道路（進出要靠小飛機），而身為老師的他們，決心為這些人盡一份心力，他們就從那時候待到今天，都還持續一直在為這個部落還有國家的人努力。
這十五年來，他們在當地建立了國中、高中、照護者訓練中心，瓜地馬拉的第一夫人曾在前往參訪時，說他們的中學在全瓜地馬拉是最好的學校。除了教育之外，為了幫助當地的居民謀生，這對夫婦與他們的團隊也指導當地人如何耕種、養雞，還有使用當地食材製作Afriprica這罐辣椒醬，辣椒醬其實是南非風格的辣椒醬，材料非常純樸。我們的創意總監潘為在一次因緣際會下試吃到辣椒醬，還有聽到背後感人的故事之後，決定將它引進台灣，作為好點子CSR公益企業的計畫之一，讓這對夫婦所做的故事可以激勵到更多人，也透過辣椒醬這個產品的銷售，讓台灣的人可以參與到他們在做的事情。
