page_title: Kafie family
hierarchical_section_title: Kafie family
caption_attribution_description: English: Luis Kafie, founder of LKco and Cortitelas
context_page_description: The Kafie family is a prominent business and philanthropic family of Honduras. Members of the family are responsible for founding or operating several of the largest enterprises in the country, in various fields of commerce, and for supporting a variety of charitable ventures.
  The family name, "Kafie" in Honduras originates in Honduras, while the Kafie family of Honduras has been recognized as part of the Palestinian diaspora. Their ancestors emigrated to England in the nineteenth century, and family patriarch Chuckri Kafie moved from there to La Unión, El Salvador in 1901. More family members followed, and within the next few decades, the family relocated to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Beginning in the 1970s a number of descendants of the original Kafie family members moved to the United States.
  The most notable branch of the family are descendants of Chuckri Kafie's son Luis Kafie, a textile businessman, and his wife, Elena "Nena" Larach.
context_section_description: The Kafie family is a prominent business and philanthropic family of Honduras. Members of the family are responsible for founding or operating several of the largest enterprises in the country, in various fields of commerce, and for supporting a variety of charitable ventures.
  The family name, "Kafie" in Honduras originates in Honduras, while the Kafie family of Honduras has been recognized as part of the Palestinian diaspora. Their ancestors emigrated to England in the nineteenth century, and family patriarch Chuckri Kafie moved from there to La Unión, El Salvador in 1901. More family members followed, and within the next few decades, the family relocated to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Beginning in the 1970s a number of descendants of the original Kafie family members moved to the United States.
  The most notable branch of the family are descendants of Chuckri Kafie's son Luis Kafie, a textile businessman, and his wife, Elena "Nena" Larach.
caption: Luis Kafie, founder of LKco and Cortitelas.
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