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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

We report today from the headquarters of UNESCO, which has been selected for the project implementation we sent in February called "strategic ownership of multimedia technologies for non-formal education of youth at risk and producing content for the Web 2.0 community development Swamp "which aims to integrate / marginalized young people / community as the process of digital inclusion through the development and systematization of a process of informal education of youth at risk for the development of applications and content Web 2.0 that allow the use of technologies for development. This project will be very interesting! (Read more ...)

Luis Carlos (aka Julio) is a professional, friendly and very cooperative, living touring the country giving repairing and maintaining office equipment. Out of solidarity with our community project Guanaba.Net, decided to come to volunteer and train our youth to basic maintenance of photocopier. This machine is of strategic importance because it is the only serving the entire municipality of Cienaga, avoiding the trip to Barahona to many people. It's about sustainability guanaba.net and its services to the community (Read more ...)

With the support of the Spanish Cooperation Agency and Sec of Tourism, the foundation Taigüey in the framework of the implementation of the ecotourism project with the support of the Fund for the Development of the French Embassy and the collaboration of the Institute of Technical Training Caribbean (IFTC - AECI) He has given the "Cooking Course Rural" to a group of 25 women for the purpose of rescuing the past and present culinary traditions of a craft offering visitors a varied service quality and hygiene a healthy menu. This course provides everything participants earning power of an association basis contributing to the development of human capital and social and community / o community of "La Cienaga" (Read more ...)