Project-swamp TRANSAGRO

Is the creation of a small joint venture of agro processing fruit, run by women in the community, this project seeks to provide a sustainable solution to the problems of income generation and environmental conservation through the enhancement of products that are environmentally sustainable farming - basically fruit, preferably organic, and to promote inclusion and participation of women in the economy.

The Swamp community, located in the coastal area south of Barahona, and on the eastern slope of the Sierra de Bahoruco, suffers from the typical problems of rural communities in the region: unemployment, poverty (84% of its population is below the poverty line, reflected especially in the case of women), crime, rural exodus and persistent environmental degradation are the result of the low profitability of traditional agriculture and the lack of sustainable income-generating alternatives.
The project responds to needs expressed by the (a) Community s (a) s. The identification of needs and the general outlines of the project design have been developed and / or validated in meetings with the (old) EU (o) s which guarantees identification with the project. The project will be implemented in partnership with community organizations, existing, established and recognized. Small Business will be managed entirely by the beneficiaries of the project, the role of management of the project will train, advise and assist, so that / as beneficiaries become protagonists of their own development, contributing to the project empoderamineto and the formation of local social capital

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Section: Ecotourism Cienaga - Bahoruco , Trans-Agro (October 19 '07)

Small Business Community Cooperative (PECA) chooses interim directive (agro-processing projects and ecotourism)

peca-eleccion-3 Small Business Community Cooperative (PECA) elected its interim policy which will be handled in future projects of agro processing and ecotourism) Community, met this day Wednesday October 18, 2007, to elect their provisional executive in charge of carrying After the incorporation process
Transagro Project / Ecotourism Project. Here is the count of this participatory process which reinforces and exercising democracy. (Read more ...)

Section: ICTs for strengthening community organizations , Trans-Agro (October 1 '07)

Trans-agro project with open INFOTEP accounting course for the community

curso contabilidad 2 The trans-agro project since she has provided in its plan, capacity building for the women, and building a partnership with the Institute of Technical and Vocational Training (INFOTEP) has organized a Technical Assistant Accounting Course, open to the community. The course started on October 1st round with the teacher Mr. José Polanco and will last 260 hours, and enrolled 22 youth from different communities, La Cienaga, FUDECO, Bahoruco and Arroyo. (Read more ...)

Section: Trans-Agro , Miscellaneous (22 Sep '07)

Masha writes (ex-intern Netherlands to support the project of women's cooperative)

masha-en-villa-fundacion For four months I worked for Taiguey Foundation and participated in the project feasibility study Transagro. Unfortunately, on August 30 was finished my internship and then it was the day I had to go, I had to leave the swamp and the country. But .... (Read more ...)

Section: ICT for Strengthening Community Organizations , Community Telecentre Guanaba.net , Trans-Agro (26 Aug '07)

Start computer course for members and project Transagro Mothers Club

curso-mujeres On Saturday August 25, 2007, beginning at the Cultural and Community Telecentre Guanaba.Net of La Cienaga, Barahona, the computer course for members of the Mothers Club Guardian Angels, an organization that, like many involved in the project that implements TRANSAGRO Taiguey Foundation in this town of Slough. This course is designed to train these people so that they can reach better serve the community through a better method of organizing their activities in their community organization and micro-enterprise in the future Community cooperative. (Read more ...)

Section: Trans-Agro (21 Aug '07)

Conflict Negotiation Workshop

taller-conflictos The objective of this workshop was "that the participants acquire basic tools and techniques to respond to conflicts and find solutions to handle watching the different interests." was held on Tuesday, August 21, 2-6 pm (4 hours) on the roof of the Foundation, La Cienaga. Barahona Province, provided by Moses Mendez. (Read more ...)

Section: Trans-Agro (12 Aug '07)

Operating and Financial Report Transagro Project - Swamp

The period of this report for the first quarter of project implementation Transagro Swamp, implemented in the Municipality of La Cienaga, Barahona Prov. From April 15 to July 15, 2007. (Read more ...)

Section: Trans-Agro (10 Aug '07)

The Survey of Agricultural Production of La Cienaga

This study presents months of research and data collection and managed to make an inventory has a range of 65% of the plots of the impact zone of the Trans-agro project, with an area of approx. 14.557 tasks. It was carried out in rural localities of the Municipality Swamp: The Lajita, The Ferns, Bejucal, Bahoruquito, Guayuyal. This study is part of the "Agro processing of fruit with women of the community, Transagro - Swamp", with financial support from the Small Grants Program for the Global Environment Facility (SGP / GEF) - this was not undertaken with funding PPS, but with its own resources and volunteers of the Foundation was condebido Taiguey and Apolinario by Victoria (Vicky) with the participation of Antonio Perez (Nino - pollster), Mildred Matos (digits) and with the collaboration of associations of farmers and / or growers margaritas and The New Union. (Read more ...)

Section: Trans-Agro (July 16 '07)

The PECA is being conceived

With the Participation of / as beneficiaries of Transagro and facilitation of the Blessed Virgin Dominici attorney starts the process of drafting the Statute of the PECA

See Report of the Workshop Meeting here Elab workshop report. Esta.pdf

Section: Trans-Agro (July 6 '07)

SWOT analysis is conducted of the project participatory Transagro

With the collaboration of the Institute of Economic Associations (IDEAC) and the involvement of / as beneficiaries of the project Transagro.
The objective of this workshop was to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in a participatory project.

See results here FODA.pdf Workshop Report

Section: Trans-Agro (29 Jun '07)

Project conducts workshop on Gender Transagro

Taiguey Foundation in collaboration with Women in Development (MUDE) Gender done within the framework of the project Transagro.
The objective of this workshop was to equip the participants with the necessary tools to understand gender as an essential element in the development of men and women. (Read more ...)

Section: Trans-Agro (26 Jun '07)

Transagro Draft Environmental Conservation conducts workshop


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Taiguey with the collaboration of the Ecological Society of Barahona made Environmental Conservation Workshop within the framework of the project Transagro.
The objective of this workshop was that the participants develop greater sensitivity and overall environmental awareness and help develop a sense of responsibility and awareness of the need to pay attention to environmental problems. (Read more ...)

Section: Trans-Agro (June 1 '07)

Meeting with members / ace Transagro Swamp

Los / as project beneficiaries and Taiguey gathered to socialize on the project and report on the progress of it.

See report of the meeting here SHARETHIS.addEntry ((title: "Meeting with Members / ace Transagro Swamp", url: "http://taiguey.org/proyectos-comunitarios/trans-agro/reunion-con-miembrosas-de -transagro-swamp / "));

Section: Trans-Agro (25 May '07)

Transagro performed Reporting Workshop

Today we held a workshop with the objective of the / as Member / ace of grassroots organizations that are part of the project Transagro acquire knowledge of how to make reports of their meetings

See report of the workshop here in pdf Memory workshop reports

Section: Trans-Agro (20 May '07)

Mascha: Netherlands intern to support the project of women's cooperative

Mascha came on April 30, 2007, Intern, Netherlands, to support the Project Transagro. International Business Degree and currently doing his masters in International Relations at the University of Provence in France, she will stay until the end of August and will participate in a study of factabilidad which aims to determine which products manufactured Small Business Community Agrotransformación ( PECA). (Read more ...)

Section: Trans-Agro (7 May '07)

Consultant is requested job for Feasibility Study and Market

Consultant is requested job for Feasibility Study and Market-Cienaga Transagro project in order to "determine which products produce the Small Business Community Associations from feasibility analysis (cost / benefit, production techniques, analysis of demand and marketing mechanisms) considering the initial list of proposed products " (Read more ...)

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