Taiguey Foundation

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

REPORT ON THE JAMAICA NETWORK CAPS (Jacana) NETWORKING WORKSHOP Kingston, Jamaica - July 30 2009. There Were Gathered The 27 workshop participants from 17 local Telecenters / CAP sites across the island. The Objectives of the workshop Was the networking activity to strength the CAP Among the operators / managers, Within the framework of the Jacan, in order to enable permanent peer to peer support, Dissemination of best practices, tools and resources, the sustainability and strength to Social Impact of the CAPS in the communities. It Was Organised by Jacan and ICT4DJamaica Taiguey Foundation and, in the framework of the ACT! IVATO project This Was Organised workshop thanks to the Financial support of telecentre.org to 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 / as, talking about how to take p'alante Swamp community. That day was concluded with the need both for ideas that once would 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 six years later, having made the project TRANSGAGRO and obtained the support of various organizations (PPS.pnud, FIA, Ibbi etc.) and implemented two years, the Cooperative of Women of Cienaga, COOpDECI, was present on 6 and 7 June in the FestiCafe 2009, scenario for the market the first hint of bitter orange marmalade and "In My Siembra", produced with the fruits of the shadow of the coffee of our hills. (Read more ...)

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

26 and May 27 of the COODECI women began the training process for the preparation of orange marmalade and sour De Mi Sow, 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, IIBI starts to transfer the technical knowledge of how to make jams Soursop, Mango, Banana and passion fruit. And is that although we all know making jams, with the IIBI we're changing the spoonful of sugar to refractometer to measure the degrees Brix of the fruit and our finished product, the jar in the refrigerator vacuum-packing for lifetime or long shelf life. (Read more ...)

On Thursday April 16 held the first meeting / workshop of Collective Access Centres to ICTs Enriquillo Region in South facilities Youth Foundation, in Barahona under the coordination of the Technical Unit of the C omission National Information Society (CNSIC) of the Dominican Republic and the Foundation Taiguey. 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 the managers and operators of the technology centers. The same was attended by 80 operators / managers as and / as Community Technology Centers (Cacts) INDOTEL promoted by the Ministry 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 Ornato Environmental Protection and Urban Beautification Swamp 3 to April 6, 2009. This was part of the community ecotourism project and also to sensitize the community on environmental issues aimed at developing the creative abilities of children & beautify it: here's the count who writes Miguel .... : Any creative expression is a unique experience, revelatory and transcendent of the ordinary, unique adventure, unparalleled wonder .... Each group of children will know and íntegramentesu s express spontaneity and imagination with wonder, the playing experience of handling materials and communicate ideas, almost always exceed the expectations and proposals made in each workshop. (Read more ...)

The "Center of Excellence for the sustainability and social impact of technology centers in the South West" will seek to capitalize, with operator training programs / as technology centers and networks of mutual support, the major investment made by public and private initiatives that have been installed in many schools throughout the region access to technology and thus contribute to sustainable development of communities in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. The project was defined from a recent study by the National Statistical Office and the Foundation Taiguey on the functioning of the Collective Access Centres, which included a survey of 357 community centers established by the state, (Read more ...)

Taking advantage of the area Cochy Garcia recognized professional artisan from Peru who came to teach the craft workshop project Bahoruco Larimar, the Foundation organized a workshop Taiguey induction to design the project group between the two craft 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 recyclable craft I knew the essence of swamp.

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

Today we received the visit of IIBI technical team, led by Dr. Lucia Berigüete, responsible for Food Innovation Institute for Biotechnology and Industry (IIBI), to discuss the process spent in preparing jams and start planning Technology Transfer.

The meeting was held at the premises of the COODECI, with the participation of members / os of the board of the Cooperative and the candidates for the COODECI operators, with their hands prepare jams "Sowing Me," a jam that, according to Ms. Beriguete Express, will be "craft, but developed a technical rigor to ensure product quality" (Read more ...)

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

The work is one result of the "Bringing Congress to the Southwest through art" which aims to raise awareness and promote reflection on the part 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. Taiguey Produced by the Foundation, under the direction of Miguel Ramirez, with performances by Vicente Santos, Victoria and Manuel Apolinario Raposo. Written by Carlos Castro and contributions from Vicky Apolinario and Miguel Ramirez, with a language and cultural references adapted to the target audience (rural and semi-urban areas of south west)

LAST SUBMISSION: FRIDAY, March 13, 2009, South Young, area Savic BARAHONA

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

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

As part of the celebration of regional event Multisectoral Network Caribbean ICT stakeholders (CIVIC 2.0) , which organizes Taiguey Foundation and its partners in CARISNET, we invite you to participate in a meeting with key stakeholders in the development and promotion of 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 for the construction of the information society in the Caribbean. (Read more ...)