Foundation Taiguey

On Wednesday, September 3 2008 the respective boards of COODECI gathered and distributed the charges, 2 days after the successful constituent assembly. Later people are elected to the Constituent Assembly and their respective positions within the cooperative. Now, to work to realize the productive projects!
Charges in the directive COODECI: Supervisory Board: (Read more ...)

The Cooperative Group for the Development of La Cienaga was formally established in the Cooperative Agricultural and Multiple Services for the Development of La Cienaga (COODECI) in the Constituent Assembly held the first of September in the local spring, the municipality La Cienaga. Coodeci will be based organization to manage the activities of the two income generating projects (processing of fruits and ecotourism community) but can perform many other activities (such as savings and loans). This is a result of hard work the team of the Foundation Taiguey carried out with financial support from the Social Fund of the Embassy of France, the Environment Fund of the United Nations (PPS) and the newly confirmed support of the Foundation Intermaricana ( FIA). A big applause to the group manager for his work and for laying the Cienaga 'Forward!

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On August 12 2008, arrived Luca Vasile, an intern Italian, to support us in the Community Ecotourism Project. Graduated Luca is in economics with experience in working with banks and formal mechanisms of credit. The just completed a master's degree in Development Economics and International Co-operation and will stay until the November 15 and will participate in the formulation of the basis for the regulation of the Fund of the Rotary Foundation and the Network Taiguey Enriquillo Ecotourism Community (REDEC) . (Read more ...)

The Foundation Taiguey coordinate with the School of Agricultural Offices, the Center for Research and Improvement of Animal Production, CIMPA, Santiago and organize community groups to take courses in Horticulture and processing of milk ... (Read more ...)

24 and 25 May 2008 will be conducting a workshop on ecotourism guides with support from the Spanish Cooperation (AECI) under the ecotourism project comuniatrio with the support of the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI). The goal of this workshop was ( a) raise awareness of the students of the importance of Ecotourism guide in caring for Environment and Development of Tourism in general (b) demonstrate the intimate relationship that saves the Environment in our tourist and (c) create a vision sound of the importance of Ecotourism guide because it has the mission to inform, lead and guide for tourists from different points of view, emphasizing the care of nature. (Read more ...)

On 13 October 2007 came to the Swamp for a six-month internship at the NGO Foundation Taiguey. I enjoyed myself. During these months working with my colleagues in the projects and Transagro Ecotourism and see the results ... You can almost Coodeci of Transagro appointed a cooperative and the Ecotourism Project has begun to train people in Cienaga and Bahoruco! (Read more ...)

On 28 February 2008, we had the pleasure of having the first meeting of Ecotourism with the residents of the community! At last it came time to start with the plans and ideas of the Community Eco-tourism project. (Read more ...)

Mildred Guevarra, a member of the board of the nascent Cooperative Development of Cienaga, who will manage the operations of the projects Transgaro and Ecotourism, participated in a workshop to exchange experiences between Micro ecotourism Biosphere Reserve Jaragua-Bahoruco - Enriquillo .. organized by Jaragua Group, Inc. with support from the MacArthur Foundation on 7-8-9 March 2008 ... Mildred tells us about his experience at the workshop: "The experience in this encounter was great privilege for me was and is unforgettable .... Les story: Pedernales reaches almost night ... (Read more ...)

6 and Dec. 17, 2007, we had a workshop facilitated by Soil Conservation Mr. Elpidio Moreta. The first day of the workshop (the theoretical part on conserving soil) was explained to the participants which are treatments that do harm to the ground and how to use other ways to treat it to continue spreading without the application of chemicals and also to protect the harvest. (Read more ...)

MINUTE REDEC CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY HELD ON DAY 5 OF THE YEAR 2007 IN DECEMBER BARAHONA (prepared by Yesenia Saud)

Introduction: In the framework of the constitution and formation of the Red Enriquillo Ecotourism Community (REDEC) presents the minutes of the meeting held on December 5, 2007 in the province of Barahona in the halls of the Araucaria Project. (Read more ... )

Forming a cooperative is not easy and it costs a lot of time and effort. We are working on the formation of a cooperative to improve and facilitate collaboration between the different organizations in the projects Transagro and Ecotourism. (Read more ...)

On 22 November 2007, we had a workshop Microenterprise Management with a gender perspective provided by the ladies Victoria Cross and Ana Julia Hernandez of Mude (Dominican Women in Development). (Read more ...)

Small Business Community Cooperative (PECA) elected its interim directive which will be handled in future projects of agro processing and eco-tourism) community, this meeting is on Wednesday October 18, 2007, to elect its interim directive, which was responsible for carrying After the incorporation process
Project Transagro / Ecotourism Project. Here is the retelling of this participatory process in which exercises and strengthens democracy. (Read more ...)

Juan Carlos Rubio, the new coordinator for our community project "Ecotourism Cienega-Bahoruco" I participate in the workshop of the Dominican Network of Rural Tourism (REDOTUR) that are developing day 21 and June 22 2007 in The Pumpkin, Jarabacoa.

This is his report .... (Read more ...)