The Blue Mountains are located on the east end of Jamaica. Here you will find the islands highest mountain peak at 7,402 feet above sea level. Blue Mountain Project works with five rural villages in the District of Hagley Gap, St Thomas. There are approximately 3,000 people who live here, most of them farmers. The main village square consists of one streetlight and about ten little shops, varying from bars to grocery stores to fast food stands.

The mountains are covered with coffee farms and mango trees. Unfortunately, the coffee farmers take detrimental losses on their crops each year due to erosion and lack of equipment. Although this Jamaican java sells for over $35 per pound, the farmers only earn $10-$20 per day.There is no fair trade coffee from Jamaica.

The people walk almost everywhere as the infrastructure and access to transportation barely exists. Roads are not paved and are extremely narrow and dangerous. The roads become worse during the hurricane season as a result of landslides and flooding. Sometimes the roads are completely impassable, leaving entire villages cut off from food and other necessities.