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 for ideas while at the same time to generate income, protect the environment, developing 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 of Cienaga, COOpDECI, was present on 6 and June 7 at the FestiCafe 2009, stage for the first hint of the market and bitter orange marmalade "In my seeding" produced with fruit from the shadow of the coffee of our hills. (Read more ...)

26 and May 27 of the COODECI women started the training process for the preparation of jams and orange tart My Sow, guided by the team of the Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology and Industry. After a long development and adjustment process of the formulas of our products, IIBI starts to transfer the technical knowledge of how to make jams Soursop, Mango and Chinola Guinea. And, although we all know making jams, we're going to IIBI scoop of sugar refractometer to measure Brix of fruit and our finished product, the jar in the fridge to vacuum packaging to 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 in the premises of the COODECI, with the participation of members / I of the directive of the Cooperative and the candidates for the COODECI operators, with their hands prepare jams "Sowing Me," a jam that, according said Ms. Beriguete, will "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 street, or perhaps running? Well, I would like to formally introduce myself my name is 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 are over 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 . Later the people are 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. From 20 selected, 15 will be funded 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 can be translated by clicking on the banner at the top right ...)

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 organization will be the basis for managing the activities of the two income-generating projects (processing of fruit and community-based ecotourism) but you 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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Hi, my name is Yesenia Saud, I am the new coordinator of projects and Eco-Moor Transagro Swamp. My academic background is in Clinical Psychology degree. Story with training in Ecotourism Planning and Management 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 professional experience in recent years has focused on the area of "Community Development" conducted mobilization processes in rural communities. (Read more ...)

The Foundation coordinate Taigüey with Agricultural Trade School, Center for Research and Improvement of Animal Production, Gigs, James 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 from the group of women from the community of La Cienaga, Barahona , which has been organized to establish the Cooperative Development of La Ciénaga (COODECI). This June 17 were visiting Jenny Petrow, in charge of the FIA for the region, his assistant and Sandra Logan Theresa Lafontaine, verification of data. (Read more ...)

Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology and Industry (IIBI) and Taigüey Foundation signed a collaboration in which the Ibbi provide technical assistance for the development of jams, preserves and sweet pastes 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 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 see the results ... I can almost Transagro Coodeci of a cooperative appointed Ecotourism project has started training people in the Swamp and Bahoruco! (Read more ...)

6 and December 17, 2007 we 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 planting without the application of chemicals and also to protect the harvest. (Read more ...)

Forming a cooperative is not easy and it costs much 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 Microenterprise Management with a Gender Perspective provided by Ms. Ana Victoria Cross and Julia Hernandez MOVE (Dominican Women in Development). (Read more ...)