Kokowagayo Cooperative was formed in 2014 by Mrs Rizkani and other women who previously members of Permata Gayo Cooperative.

The women were inspired to create an environment where women could voice their opinions. Culturally, women speaking up in public meetings where men were present was seen as showing a lack of courtesy. 

The First all Women Coffee Cooperative of Asia.

"With full support from their husbands, Kokowagayo has been successful in creating an equal ground for the women through providing various training such as cultivating, processing, roasting, organisation management which impact to the biggest change of the level of confidence and ‘can do’ feeling through its members." 

With their sales of green coffee growing, the substantial Fairtrade Premium has been used to build a coffee processing station, a women's meeting place, as well as a child care and health centre mainly catering to women's reproductive health and children's health. 

Today the cooperative has over 551 members (women only) from 8 villages and boast several certifications, including Ecocert Organic, Fairtrade, and Cafe Femenino.