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Lunch in the communal house Larissa and Stefanie with children from the Orebä tribe in the communal house Nicole and Esmeralda are welcomed by the Bachmann team Nicole and Esmeralda visit our specialist store on Schwanenplatz and taste our products Stefanie and Larissa harvest cocoa beans in the middle of a jungle belonging to the Orebä tribe in Panama Nicole and Esmeralda produce Schutz- engeli ® truffles We are Bachmann As part of the SRF programme ‘Job Exchange’, our confectioners Larissa and Stefanie took part in a job swap that sent them 9,000 kilometres away to Panama. In turn, we welcomed Nicole and Esmeralda to our team. They work in the cocoa farming industry in Panama. They were part of the Bachmann family for almost a week, and they actively helped out. Despite the language barrier, the two Panamanians managed to work in sales and assisted with the production of our Schutzengeli®. Meanwhile, Nicole and Larissa were introduced to a whole new world in Panama. PANAMA PANAMA LUCERNE COCOA LUCERNE How did you feel when you arrived? We were very tense and nervous, as we didn’t know where the journey would take us. We ended up in the middle of the jungle, where we were given a warm welcome with placards and calls of ‘Olaaa’. What was the hardest task you had to do during your job exchange? The second day was the hardest. We had to walk for 45 minutes to the location before working for 12 hours on a steep cocoa plantation on a mountain. We harvested the cocoa beans using a machete, halved them and removed the pulp. And we did all that in searing heat and humid conditions – we were completely exhausted! What did you take from your interactions with the locals? The people in the local community lead a very simple life and primarily live on food from the surrounding nature. Even so, they are content, warm and extremely welcoming. Their plan- tations are their pride and joy. They know how to deal with even the most difficult situations, and they view the work that they do every day as their life’s work. That’s impressive! SRF experiment: employee exchange PANAMA LUCERNE SRF Job Exchange with Confiserie Bachmann: www.confiserie.ch/jobtausch 27