Taigüey Foundation

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

Greetings to The Swamp! In the past month has seen the blonde walking down the streets, or perhaps running? Well, I would like to formally introduce myself, my name Jacqueline Guerrero, or "Yaki." I live with Fefa, Galmy, Nanai and so on, across the river, in the "neighborhood Haiti". I am a Peace Corps volunteer in the United States and live two years in this community as "Cienagera" next to you.
Peace Corps is a government agency where volunteers work in developing countries to promote peace and friendship. There, more than 195,000 volunteers have served in 139 host countries to work on issues that range from disease education, environmental conservation, information, youth business. The Peace Corps volunteers continue to help individuals who want to build a better life for everyone in their communities. (Read more ...)

On Wednesday September 3, 2008 the respective boards of COODECI gathered and distributed charges, two days after the successful constituent assembly . Below are the persons elected to the Constituent Assembly and their respective positions within the cooperative. Now get to work to realize the productive projects!
Charges Directive COODECI: Trustees: (Read more ...)

The "Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society" GenARDIS pre-selected our project proposal from the 230 it received. Of the 20 selected, 15 will be financed with about 7000 euro each. Our plans to develop multimedia materials for ICT training for women who run rural cooperatives. We hope to October 1 final decision. This is the text of the announcement of GenARDIS (in English but may translate by clicking the banner above to the right ...)

The Cooperative Group for the Development of La Cienega was formally established in the Agricultural Cooperative of Multiple Services and Development of La Ciénaga (COODECI) in the Constituent Assembly held on September in the local spring, the municipality of La Cienega. Coodeci be based organization to manage the activities of the two income generating projects (processing of fruit and community-based ecotourism) but can perform many other activities (Such as savings and loans). This is a result of hard work of the Foundation team Taigüey 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 Intermaricana Foundation support ( FIA). A big applause to the group manager for his work and the Cienaga by taking 'up front!

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Hello, my name is Yesenia Saud, I am the new coordinator of projects and Ecotourism Transagro-Swamp Swamp. My academic background is in Clinical Psychology degree. I have training in Planning and Management of Ecotourism in Tropical and Sub Areas. Tropical Social Marketing Management, Rural Development and Tourism, Strategic Management of Community Development, Development and Implementation Workshop, among others.

My experience in recent years has focused on the area of "Community Development" conducted mobilization processes in rural communities. (Read more ...)

Taigüey Foundation coordinated with the Agricultural Training School, Center for Research and Improvement of Animal Production, Gigs, Santiago and organized two community groups to take courses in Horticulture and Processing of milk ... (Read more ...)

Subject to final approval of the Congress of the United States, the Inter-American Foundation (FIA) Foundation approved a grant for the project Taigüey TRANSAGRO , particularly to provide training and technical assistance for the women of the community of La Cienaga, Barahona , which has been organized to establish the Cooperative Development of La Ciénaga (COODECI). This June 17 Jenny Petrow were visiting us in charge of the FIA for the region, his assistant Theresa Logan and Sandra Lafontaine, verification of data. (Read more ...)

Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology and Industry (IIBI) and Taigüey Foundation signed a collaboration agreement in which the Ibbi provide technical assistance for the development of Jams, Preserves and Fresh Pasta from fruits produced in the impact zone Transagro Swamp project, which seeks to create opportunities for income generation and assessment of environmentally sustainable agricultural crops by creating women's cooperative of agro-processing craft.

On October 13, 2007 I came to the swamp to make a six-month internship in the NGO Foundation Taigüey. We had a great time. During these months working with my colleagues to Transagro and ecotourism projects and look at the results ... I can almost Transagro Coodeci of a cooperative appointed and Ecotourism project has started training people in the Swamp and Bahoruco! (Read more ...)

The 6 and 17 December 2007 had a Soil Conservation workshop facilitated by Mr. Elpidio Moreta. The first day of the workshop (the theoretical conserve soil) was explained to participants what are the treatments that harm the soil and how to use other ways to treat it possible to follow spreading without the application of chemicals and also to protect the harvest. (Read more ...)

Forming a cooperative is not easy and takes time and effort. We are working on forming a cooperative to improve and facilitate collaboration between different organizations for projects Transagro and Ecotourism. (Read more ...)

On November 22, 2007 we had a workshop with Management Microenterprise Gender Perspective provided by the ladies and Ms. Victoria Cross MUDE Hernandez (Dominican Women in Development). (Read more ...)