Bokeo Social Enterprise (BsE) was created by four partners in 2008. Our aims are to promote local products and private economic initiatives, train the local population in appropriate skills and preserve traditional indigenous knowledge and biodiversity. In order to do all these, BsE, unlike a traditional non-profit organization, takes proactive approaches to market. We reach out to consumers as well as potential donors through our coffee shop, Café MOOooo, Ethnobotanical Garden and this website.

Income generated from sales of products, eco-tourism programs at the garden and funds raised over the website will be reinvested in our community social development and research in traditional knowledge. As a social enterprise, BsE takes to heart the “double bottom line”: profit and social mission. In the long term, BsE aspires to become a national institution focusing on communities for the improvement of their economic status and enhance the development of local products for wider distribution and sales.