Taigüey Foundation

Announcing the opening activity of the Offer Community Ecotourism "Guan-Adventures in the Eastern Bahoruco" to be held on Friday 21 August. "GuanAventuras" is a community-based ecotourism initiative that combines the enhancement of the attractiveness of the area (mountains, beaches, spectacular views, rivers and waterfalls, traditions and popular knowledge), with the development of accommodation, food, hiking, crafts and guidance, all these offered by the community. Marrow 100% of profits go to the community, combining environmental conservation, income generation, autgestión and Participation of Women ... (Read more ...)

CAPS REPORT ON THE JAMAICA NETWORK (Jachan) NETWORKING WORKSHOP Kingston, Jamaica - July 30 2009. The workshop Gathered There Were 27 Participants from 17 local telecenters / CAP sites across the island. The Objective of the workshop WAS to Strengthen the networking activity among the the CAP OPERATORS / managers, Within the framework of the Jachan, in order to enable peer to peer support permanent, Dissemination of best practices, tools and resources, to Strengthen the sustainability and Social Impact of the CAPS in the communities. It was Organised by Jachan and ICT4DJamaica and Taigüey Foundation, in the framework of the ACT! ivate project This workshop WAS Organised thanks to the support of telecentre.org to Financial program is a joint venture of the International Development Research Centre (Canada) the Swiss Development Corporation and the Microsoft Corporation.

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One afternoon in 2003, Vicky and two young graduates of a course of community leaders, sat with a group of community leaders / ace, talking about how to take p'alante Swamp community. That day was concluded with the need both for ideas that allow time to generate income, protect the environment, develop entrepreneurship, management and organization, and the need to integrate women in the community in paid work to improve health and education. Today, after almost 6 years later, having made ​​the project TRANSGAGRO and gained support from several agencies (PPS.pnud, FIA, Ibbi etc.) and implemented two years, the Women's Cooperative Cienaga, COOpDECI, was present on 6 and June 7 in the FestiCafe 2009, stage for the first hint of the market and bitter orange marmalade "In My Seed", produced with fruit from the shade of the coffee plantations of our hills. (Read more ...)

Ceci est une initiative of débat expérimentale portant sur des règles électronique et procédures pour une des communautés efficace local participation dans l'aménagement du Parc National La Visite et de la Foret des Pins ainsi the structuration of the partie du Haïtienne Biologique caribéen Corridor. Cette discussion en ligne du 11 mai s'échelonne au 31 Juillet 2009. Elle est pilotée a committee integrant par des techniciens de pilotage des 5 qui sont Institutions: le Ministère de l'Environnement, the Fondation Seguin, Haiti Helvetas, the Fondation Groupe 73, you Medialternatif et le Groupe UNDP. We support virtuel, Web et Moderation sont Taigüey Foundation (Read more ...)

26 and May 27 of the COODECI women started the training process for the preparation of jams and sour orange In My Sowing, Guided by the team of Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology and Industry. After a long process development and adjustment of the formulas of our products, starts to transfer us IIBI technical knowledge of how to make jams Soursop, Mango-Banana and Chinola. And, although we all know making jams, we're going to IIBI tablespoon of sugar to the refractometer to measure Brix of fruit and our finished product, the jar in the fridge to vacuum packaging for the useful life or long shelf life. (Read more ...)

On Thursday 16 April saw the first Meeting-Workshop on Collective Centres Access to ICTs in the Region Enriquillo in the South Foundation facilities Younger, in Barahona coordinated by the Technical Unit of the C omission National Information Society (CNSIC) of the Dominican Republic and Taigüey Foundation. The meeting is part of the establishment of the National Network and the Commonwealth of Dominican Cacts , which seeks to enhance the sustainability and social impact of technology centers, through joint capacity building, exchange of experiences, tools and best practices between managers and operators of the technology centers. The same counted with the participation of 80 operators / managers as and / as the Community Technology Centers (Cacts) promoted by INDOTEL, Secretary of Education and the Ministry of Youth in the provinces of Pedernales, Bahoruco, Barahona and Independencia. (Read more ...)

Renowned artist Miguel Ramirez facilitated a workshop on Creative eDestrezas Environmental Protection Ornament and Urban Beautification Swamp from 3 to 6 April 2009. This was part of the community ecotourism project and also to sensitize the community on environmental issues aimed at developing creative Bug Childrens' s embellish: here's the count who writes Miguel .... : All creative expression is a unique experience, revelatory and transcendent of the ordinary, unique adventure, unbeatable wonder .... Each group of niñ 's express íntegramentesu know, imaginary spontaneity and surprise, the experience fun to manipulate materials and communicate ideas, almost always exceed expectations and purposes set forth in each workshop. (Read more ...)

The "Center of Excellence for the sustainability and social impact of technology centers of the South West" look to capitalize, with training programs for operators / as technology centers and networks of mutual support, the large investment by public and private initiatives that have been installed in many centers throughout the region access to technology and contribute to sustainable development of communities in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. The project was defined from a recent study by the National Statistics Office and the Foundation Taigüey on the operation of collective access centers, which included a survey of 357 community centers established by the state, (more ...)

Taking advantage of the area Cochy Garcia recognized professional artisan who came from Peru to teach the craft workshop project in Bahoruco Larimar, the Foundation organized a workshop Taigüey induction to design the craft project group from 2 and March 12, 2009. Here is the story of Cochy, and photos of the results of the group ... "It was really through the women and girls who took the course I met recyclable craft the essence of Ciénaga.

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On February 5 we were invited to present at the event CARIBBEAN WINDS UNIBE that university sponsorship. Here is the presentation: Perspectives on research in ICT from a civil society organization

Today we were visited IIBI technical team, led by Dr. Lucia Berigüete in charge of Food Biotechnology Institute of Innovation and Industry (IIBI), to discuss the process spent in the preparation of jams and start planning Technology Transfer.

The meeting was held at the premises of the COODECI, with the participation of miembras / o of the board of the Cooperative and the candidates for the COODECI operators, with their hands prepare jams "Sowing Me," a jam that, according Ms. Beriguete express, will be "craft, but made ​​with a technical precision that ensures product quality" (Read more ...)

ATRA mine! Is a funny play by an invitation to reflect on our role as citizens, and how to participate, "eye opening" and supervising public administration can achieve better living standards. This search stage is a mirror of our reality, where everyone are part of the problem and the solution to corruption, cronyism, and socio-economic plight of our south-west.

The Work is one of the results of the project "Bringing Congress to the southwest through art" that aims to raise awareness and encourage reflection of the / as community, municipalities and municipal districts of the province of Barahona, in the leading role and pro-active citizenship in the monitoring and control of public management and the work of Congress. Taigüey Produced by the Foundation under the direction of Miguel Ramirez, starring Vincent Santos, Victoria and Manuel Apolinario Raposo. Written by Carlos Castro and the contributions of Vicky Apolinario and Miguel Ramirez, with a language and cultural references adapted to the target audience (rural and semi-urban areas of south west)

FINAL PRESENTATION: Friday March 13, 2009, in South Young neighborhood Savica, BARAHONA

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Teacher training in the use of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) supported by the constructivist learning process was present in the course developed by the Foundation Taigüey in Guanaba.net Community Technology Centre in the Commonwealth of The Ciénaga, Barahona Province. This initiative had the support and collaboration of the Directorate General Informatics Education of the Ministry of Education (SEE) and the regional education authorities and District of the Province, was developed through a process of action research accompanied by Paulino Ogando, specialist in distance education and information technology for development. (Read more ...)

On Monday 17 November was held the workshop "Sustainability Initiatives Collective Access to ICTs in the Dominican Republic" with the objective to "analyze and share among the various governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the Dominican Republic to promote initiatives for access to ICTs lessons learned, best practices, work methods, resources used, the impact of such initiatives in communities and the challenges to ensure sustainability of these initiatives and increase their social impact in the development human communities and their inhabitants. " The workshop was sponsored by the National Commission for Information Society and Taigüey Foundation , and concluded with the proposal of creating a new virtual swap (Read more ...)

As part of the celebration of the regional event Multisectoral Network Caribbean ICT Stakeholders (CIVIC 2.0) , which organizes Taigüey Foundation with its partners CARISNET, we invite you to participate in a meeting with key stakeholders in the development and promotion the Information Society in the Caribbean. Our goal is to show the spaces and existing regional processes of dialogue and action that have been forged to build the information society in the Caribbean. (Read more ...)