2022 – 2023 Grants

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 10 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 15 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 15 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 15 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 15 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 15 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

This community is one of extreme poverty and needs assistance to improve the productivity of the crops and pastures. Water is scarce and water management is difficult. Climate change has seriously affected the cultivation of both coffee and food, rainfall has been reduced to only four months per year. They have been able to distribute the water through a system of channels to the producers by flooding, which can cause erosion of the soils and under-utilization of the water resources. This grant will build small reservoirs that benefit 4 or 5 families and allow them to store their water quotas and install a sprinkler irrigation system. This would make it possible to have enough water at the time of the flowering of the coffee and to achieve an increase in production and quality, as well as ensure water for production of vegetables and quinoa and kiwicha.

Funds will be used for materials (cement, pipes, plastic liners, sprinklers and hose) to construct the reservoirs, as well as qualified workforce, transportation of materials and some technical advice

This community is one of extreme poverty and needs assistance to improve the productivity of the crops and pastures. Water is scarce and water management is difficult. Climate change has seriously affected the cultivation of both coffee and food, rainfall has been reduced to only four months per year. They have been able to distribute the water through a system of channels to the producers by flooding, which can cause erosion of the soils and under-utilization of the water resources. This grant will build small reservoirs that benefit 4 or 5 families and allow them to store their water quotas and install a sprinkler irrigation system. This would make it possible to have enough water at the time of the flowering of the coffee and to achieve an increase in production and quality, as well as ensure water for production of vegetables and quinoa and kiwicha.

Funds will be used for materials (cement, pipes, plastic liners, sprinklers and hose) to construct the reservoirs, as well as qualified workforce, transportation of materials and some technical advice.

This community is one of extreme poverty and needs assistance to improve the productivity of the crops and pastures. Water is scarce and water management is difficult. Climate change has seriously affected the cultivation of both coffee and food, rainfall has been reduced to only four months per year. They have been able to distribute the water through a system of channels to the producers by flooding, which can cause erosion of the soils and under-utilization of the water resources. This grant will build small reservoirs that benefit 4 or 5 families and allow them to store their water quotas and install a sprinkler irrigation system. This would make it possible to have enough water at the time of the flowering of the coffee and to achieve an increase in production and quality, as well as ensure water for production of vegetables and quinoa and kiwicha.

Funds will be used for materials (cement, pipes, plastic liners, sprinklers and hose) to construct the reservoirs, as well as qualified workforce, transportation of materials and some technical advice.

This community is one of extreme poverty and needs assistance to improve the productivity of the crops and pastures. Water is scarce and water management is difficult. Climate change has seriously affected the cultivation of both coffee and food, rainfall has been reduced to only four months per year. They have been able to distribute the water through a system of channels to the producers by flooding, which can cause erosion of the soils and under-utilization of the water resources. This grant will build small reservoirs that benefit 4 or 5 families and allow them to store their water quotas and install a sprinkler irrigation system. This would make it possible to have enough water at the time of the flowering of the coffee and to achieve an increase in production and quality, as well as ensure water for production of vegetables and quinoa and kiwicha.

Funds will be used for materials (cement, pipes, plastic liners, sprinklers and hose) to construct the reservoirs, as well as qualified workforce, transportation of materials and some technical advice.

This community is one of extreme poverty and needs assistance to improve the productivity of the crops and pastures. Water is scarce and water management is difficult. Climate change has seriously affected the cultivation of both coffee and food, rainfall has been reduced to only four months per year. They have been able to distribute the water through a system of channels to the producers by flooding, which can cause erosion of the soils and under-utilization of the water resources. This grant will build small reservoirs that benefit 4 or 5 families and allow them to store their water quotas and install a sprinkler irrigation system. This would make it possible to have enough water at the time of the flowering of the coffee and to achieve an increase in production and quality, as well as ensure water for production of vegetables and quinoa and kiwicha.

Funds will be used for materials (irrigation pipes. hoses and sprinklers) to improve the irrigation system to coffee producers, as well as provide for the qualified workforce, transportation of materials and some technical advice.

This community is one of extreme poverty and needs assistance to improve the productivity of the crops and pastures. Water is scarce and water management is difficult. Climate change has seriously affected the cultivation of both coffee and food, rainfall has been reduced to only four months per year. They have been able to distribute the water through a system of channels to the producers by flooding, which can cause erosion of the soils and under-utilization of the water resources. This grant will build small reservoirs that benefit 4 or 5 families and allow them to store their water quotas and install a sprinkler irrigation system. This would make it possible to have enough water at the time of the flowering of the coffee and to achieve an increase in production and quality, as well as ensure water for production of vegetables and quinoa and kiwicha.

Funds will be used for materials (irrigation pipes. hoses and sprinklers) to improve the irrigation system to coffee producers, as well as provide for the qualified workforce, transportation of materials and some technical advice.

This community is one of extreme poverty and needs assistance to improve the productivity of the crops and pastures. Water is scarce and water management is difficult. Climate change has seriously affected the cultivation of both coffee and food, rainfall has been reduced to only four months per year. They have been able to distribute the water through a system of channels to the producers by flooding, which can cause erosion of the soils and under-utilization of the water resources. This grant will build small reservoirs that benefit 4 or 5 families and allow them to store their water quotas and install a sprinkler irrigation system. This would make it possible to have enough water at the time of the flowering of the coffee and to achieve an increase in production and quality, as well as ensure water for production of vegetables and quinoa and kiwicha.

Funds will be used for materials (irrigation pipes. hoses and sprinklers) to improve the irrigation system to coffee producers, as well as provide for the qualified workforce, transportation of materials and some technical advice.

The Andean communities are isolated from shopping centers, access roads are poor and public transportation is only available once or twice a week. The pandemic has made the difficulties of accessing not only food but supplies to increase the productivity of their crops, control pests and crop diseases that these people face even more evident. They are requesting funds to establish an “Essential Supplies Store” within their community. The store will be stocked with products such as pest control for coffee, maize and vegetable diseases, organic fertilizers and irrigation pipes. The inventory will be controlled by the Store Management Committee. The coffee producers will make payment at the time of the sale of his/her coffee.

Funding this program will contribute to timely pest and disease control and improve crop productivity and ultimately increase the family income. There are 83 producers (31 are women) in the community of Guadalupe.

The Andean communities are isolated from shopping centers, access roads are poor and public transportation is only available once or twice a week. The pandemic has made the difficulties of accessing not only food but supplies to increase the productivity of their crops, control pests and crop diseases that these people face even more evident. They are requesting funds to establish an “Essential Supplies Store” within their community. The store will be stocked with products such as pest control for coffee, maize and vegetable diseases, organic fertilizers and irrigation pipes. The inventory will be controlled by the Store Management Committee. The coffee producers will make payment at the time of the sale of his/her coffee.

Funding this program will contribute to timely pest and disease control and improve crop productivity and ultimately increase the family income.

The Andean communities are isolated from shopping centers, access roads are poor and public transportation is only available once or twice a week. The pandemic has made the difficulties of accessing not only food but supplies to increase the productivity of their crops, control pests and crop diseases that these people face even more evident. They are requesting funds to establish an “Essential Supplies Store” within their community. The store will be stocked with products such as pest control for coffee, maize and vegetable diseases, organic fertilizers and irrigation pipes. The inventory will be controlled by the Store Management Committee. The coffee producers will make payment at the time of the sale of his/her coffee.

Funding this program will contribute to timely pest and disease control and improve crop productivity and ultimately increase the family income.

This community is one of extreme poverty and needs assistance to improve the productivity of the crops and pastures. Water is scarce and water management is difficult. Climate change has seriously affected the cultivation of both coffee and food, rainfall has been reduced to only four months per year. They have been able to distribute the water through a system of channels to the producers by flooding, which can cause erosion of the soils and under-utilization of the water resources. This grant will build small reservoirs that benefit 4 or 5 families and allow them to store their water quotas and install a sprinkler irrigation system. This would make it possible to have enough water at the time of the flowering of the coffee and to achieve an increase in production and quality, as well as ensure water for production of vegetables and quinoa and kiwicha.

Funds will be used for materials (cement, pipes, plastic liners, sprinklers and hose) to construct the reservoirs, as well as qualified workforce, transportation of materials and some technical advice.

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 15 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 15 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens.

This project will implement 15 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside). The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

Most the of family kitchens in these rural communities are without windows or lighting. The walls and ceilings are low not allowing light to come in, making it difficult to see what they are cooking in their pots, “it’s like cooking in the dark”. There is a lot of soot on the walls and ceilings that is not only contaminating their food, causing respiratory illnesses in the women and children who are more often in the kitchens. This project will implement 40 kitchen improvements (new raised cooking surfaces and ventilating the smoke to the outside), workshops on the benefits of the improved kitchen, as well as workshops on how to maintain the improved kitchens. The overall goal is to provide a safe and more smoke/soot free environment and reduce the incidences of respiratory disease in these communities.

There are 270 homes and approximately 1,018 inhabitants in the Chaca sector of the community of Guadalupe. They have road access, light and public lighting services, educational services in pre-school, primary and secondary schools.

It is a community of small coffee and food producers who need to improve the productivity of their crops and pastures to improve the living conditions for themselves and their families. Climate change is seriously affecting coffee and food cultivation, rainfall is becoming more scare and has been reduced to four (4) months per year.

Through the system of canals that the community has, the water is distributed by quotas to the producer, usually once a year the same who forced to carry out the risk to the laying mantal (by flooding), which brings collateral effects such as soil erosion and under utilization of resources and scarcity of water.

Taking advantage of the rainy months, this proposal is to build (20) small tanks that will allow storing rainwater to use in the months of summer through a sprinkler irrigation system allowing them enough water during the flowering of the coffee and ultimately increase the production and quality of not only coffee but other good products. At this time, unfortunately, the first and second flowing of coffee are lost due to lack of rainfall.

This grant will directly benefit 20 families from the Chaca Sector of the community of Guadalupe who will receive the training and installation of tanks to store rainwater and install the sprinkler irrigation system to improve their productivity. Funds will cover the cost of the cements, miscellaneous accessories and transportation of the materials to the community. Labor to be provided by the beneficiaries.

There are 270 homes and approximately 1,018 inhabitants in the Kumania sector of the community of Guadalupe. They have road access, light and public lighting services, educational services in pre-school, primary and secondary schools.

It is a community of small coffee and food producers who need to improve the productivity of their crops and pastures to improve the living conditions for themselves and their families. Climate change is seriously affecting coffee and food cultivation, rainfall is becoming more scare and has been reduced to four (4) months per year.

Through the system of canals that the community has, the water is distributed by quotas to the producer, usually once a year the same who forced to carry out the risk to the laying mantal (by flooding), which brings collateral effects such as soil erosion and under utilization of resources and scarcity of water.

Taking advantage of the rainy months, this proposal is to build (20) small tanks that will allow storing rainwater to use in the months of summer through a sprinkler irrigation system allowing them enough water during the flowering of the coffee and ultimately increase the production and quality of not only coffee but other good products. At this time, unfortunately, the first and second flowing of coffee are lost due to lack of rainfall.

This grant will directly benefit 20 families from the Kunamia Sector of the community of Guadalupe who will receive the training and installation of tanks to store rainwater and install the sprinkler irrigation system to improve their productivity. Funds will cover the cost of the cements, miscellaneous accessories and transportation of the materials to the community. Labor to be provided by the beneficiaries.

The objective of this project is to implement a first aid program providing a workshop and first kit containing basic medicine, basic equipment and bandages essential to provide first aid in case of minor accidents or ailments that do not require medical attention from emergency. The coffee-producing communities far from populated centers or cities and travel time is lengthy and costly to travel for medicines or treatments for minor accidents. This is now accentuated by the problem of the pandemic that plaques Peru and the rest of the world

The certification of the Rain Forest Alliance for sustainable coffee now requires each partner to have a medicine cabinet in place. Being the only possibility for the small farm coffee producers to have a differentiated product, to compete in the market and improve their income. Funds will be used to purchase 50 first aid kits, supplies such as alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, cotton, anti-inflammatory medications, etc., equipment such as scissors, disposable syringes, gloves, masks, etc., and bandages like elastic and gauze, surgical tape, adhesive tape, etc., and trainer for the workshop.

The objective of this project is to implement a first aid program providing a workshop and first kit containing basic medicine, basic equipment and bandages essential to provide first aid in case of minor accidents or ailments that do not require medical attention from emergency. The coffee-producing communities far from populated centers or cities and travel time is lengthy and costly to travel for medicines or treatments for minor accidents. This is now accentuated by the problem of the pandemic that plaques Peru and the rest of the world

The certification of the Rain Forest Alliance for sustainable coffee now requires each partner to have a medicine cabinet in place. Being the only possibility for the small farm coffee producers to have a differentiated product, to compete in the market and improve their income. Funds will be used to purchase 50 first aid kits, supplies such as alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, cotton, anti-inflammatory medications, etc., equipment such as scissors, disposable syringes, gloves, masks, etc., and bandages like elastic and gauze, surgical tape, adhesive tape, etc., and trainer for the workshop.

The objective of this project is to implement a first aid program providing a workshop and first kit containing basic medicine, basic equipment and bandages essential to provide first aid in case of minor accidents or ailments that do not require medical attention from emergency. The coffee-producing communities far from populated centers or cities and travel time is lengthy and costly to travel for medicines or treatments for minor accidents. This is now accentuated by the problem of the pandemic that plaques Peru and the rest of the world

The certification of the Rain Forest Alliance for sustainable coffee now requires each partner to have a medicine cabinet in place. Being the only possibility for the small farm coffee producers to have a differentiated product, to compete in the market and improve their income. Funds will be used to purchase 50 first aid kits, supplies such as alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, cotton, anti-inflammatory medications, etc., equipment such as scissors, disposable syringes, gloves, masks, etc., and bandages like elastic and gauze, surgical tape, adhesive tape, etc., and trainer for the workshop.

In years past the coffee producers in this area have been hit by coffee rust, but they are making extraordinary efforts to renovate their coffee farms in order to maintain the income to support their families need to substantially improve the quality of their coffee and balance their income by achieving a better market price. In order to do so they need to improve their wet mill beneficio infrastructure. They have a good-quality coffee plants due to the quality of the soils and the microclimates that exist in the region. Unfortunately, the quality decreases every step of the way during the harvesting process due to not having the wet mill infrastructure needed to process the coffee crop properly.

This project seeks to support coffee producers with the implementation of the wet mill beneficio infrastructure consisting of two ceramic lined fermentation tanks, six cement drying patios and four solar dryers. Results will be measure by recording the quality of the coffee delivered by the producers; the quality of the coffee in the cup; prices obtained for the coffee; participation in coffee quality competitions and the income received from the sale of their coffee.

In years past the coffee producers in this area have been hit by coffee rust, but they are making extraordinary efforts to renovate their coffee farms in order to maintain the income to support their families need to substantially improve the quality of their coffee and balance their income by achieving a better market price. In order to do so they need to improve their wet mill beneficio infrastructure. They have a good-quality coffee plants due to the quality of the soils and the microclimates that exist in the region. Unfortunately, the quality decreases every step of the way during the harvesting process due to not having the wet mill infrastructure needed to process the coffee crop properly.

This project seeks to support coffee producers with the implementation of the wet mill beneficio infrastructure consisting of two ceramic lined fermentation tanks, six cement drying patios and four solar dryers. Results will be measure by recording the quality of the coffee delivered by the producers; the quality of the coffee in the cup; prices obtained for the coffee; participation in coffee quality competitions and the income received from the sale of their coffee.

In years past the coffee producers in this area have been hit by coffee rust, but they are making extraordinary efforts to renovate their coffee farms in order to maintain the income to support their families need to substantially improve the quality of their coffee and balance their income by achieving a better market price. In order to do so they need to improve their wet mill beneficio infrastructure. They have a good-quality coffee plants due to the quality of the soils and the microclimates that exist in the region. Unfortunately, the quality decreases every step of the way during the harvesting process due to not having the wet mill infrastructure needed to process the coffee crop properly.

This project seeks to support coffee producers with the implementation of the wet mill beneficio infrastructure consisting of two ceramic lined fermentation tanks, six cement drying patios and four solar dryers. Results will be measure by recording the quality of the coffee delivered by the producers; the quality of the coffee in the cup; prices obtained for the coffee; participation in coffee quality competitions and the income received from the sale of their coffee.

In years past the coffee producers in this area have been hit by coffee rust, but they are making extraordinary efforts to renovate their coffee farms in order to maintain the income to support their families need to substantially improve the quality of their coffee and balance their income by achieving a better market price. In order to do so they need to improve their wet mill beneficio infrastructure. They have a good-quality coffee plants due to the quality of the soils and the microclimates that exist in the region. Unfortunately, the quality decreases every step of the way during the harvesting process due to not having the wet mill infrastructure needed to process the coffee crop properly.

This project seeks to support coffee producers with the implementation of the wet mill beneficio infrastructure consisting of two ceramic lined fermentation tanks, six cement drying patios and four solar dryers. Results will be measure by recording the quality of the coffee delivered by the producers; the quality of the coffee in the cup; prices obtained for the coffee; participation in coffee quality competitions and the income received from the sale of their coffee.

In years past the coffee producers in this area have been hit by coffee rust, but they are making extraordinary efforts to renovate their coffee farms in order to maintain the income to support their families need to substantially improve the quality of their coffee and balance their income by achieving a better market price. In order to do so they need to improve their wet mill beneficio infrastructure. They have a good-quality coffee plants due to the quality of the soils and the microclimates that exist in the region. Unfortunately, the quality decreases every step of the way during the harvesting process due to not having the wet mill infrastructure needed to process the coffee crop properly.

This project seeks to support coffee producers with the implementation of the wet mill beneficio infrastructure consisting of two ceramic lined fermentation tanks, six cement drying patios and four solar dryers. Results will be measure by recording the quality of the coffee delivered by the producers; the quality of the coffee in the cup; prices obtained for the coffee; participation in coffee quality competitions and the income received from the sale of their coffee.

In years past the coffee producers in this area have been hit by coffee rust, but they are making extraordinary efforts to renovate their coffee farms in order to maintain the income to support their families need to substantially improve the quality of their coffee and balance their income by achieving a better market price. In order to do so they need to improve their wet mill beneficio infrastructure. They have a good-quality coffee plants due to the quality of the soils and the microclimates that exist in the region. Unfortunately, the quality decreases every step of the way during the harvesting process due to not having the wet mill infrastructure needed to process the coffee crop properly.

This project seeks to support coffee producers with the implementation of the wet mill beneficio infrastructure consisting of two ceramic lined fermentation tanks, six cement drying patios and four solar dryers. Results will be measure by recording the quality of the coffee delivered by the producers; the quality of the coffee in the cup; prices obtained for the coffee; participation in coffee quality competitions and the income received from the sale of their coffee.

In years past the coffee producers in this area have been hit by coffee rust, but they are making extraordinary efforts to renovate their coffee farms in order to maintain the income to support their families need to substantially improve the quality of their coffee and balance their income by achieving a better market price. In order to do so they need to improve their wet mill beneficio infrastructure. They have a good-quality coffee plants due to the quality of the soils and the microclimates that exist in the region. Unfortunately, the quality decreases every step of the way during the harvesting process due to not having the wet mill infrastructure needed to process the coffee crop properly.

This project seeks to support coffee producers with the implementation of the wet mill beneficio infrastructure consisting of two ceramic lined fermentation tanks, six cement drying patios and four solar dryers. Results will be measure by recording the quality of the coffee delivered by the producers; the quality of the coffee in the cup; prices obtained for the coffee; participation in coffee quality competitions and the income received from the sale of their coffee.

This FOOD RELIEF REQUEST is for the communities isolated by the presence of Cyclone Yaku in Northern Peru. Cyclone Yaku caused damage in the coastal regions and heavy rains have caused rivers and streams to overflow, mudslides and landslides in many communities, still isolated today, with serious difficulties in obtaining basic foods that they carry from the cities such as: oil, sugar, salt, rice, noodles to complement with cereals and stews that they reserve for the winter.

Currently there are damaged roads in La Florida, Penachi, Kanaris, some families have lost part of their farms due to landslides, most are isolated by roads damaged by landslides. There are entire villages that are with their houses and land flooded. This is request is not to solve all their problems, but to provide support so that the families will not feel they are alone and to provide a level of confidence and strength that will help them to stay strong and move forward.

This grant will provide food kits consisting of: rice, sugar, noodles, salt, oil, to 400 families in the Salas & Kanaris communities of Araumajada, Caracha, Tallapampa, Miraflores, Pampa Verde, Penachi, Hualanga, Kerguer, La Ramada (Aspape), Pampa Hermosa, San José Huanama, Huanama , Villarumi , Corral de Piedra, El Naranjo, Chiñama (Asproagro), Santa Rosa/Espinal, Hierba Buena, Machucara (Aspas)

This FOOD RELIEF REQUEST is for the communities isolated by the presence of Cyclone Yaku in Northern Peru. Cyclone Yaku caused damage in the coastal regions and heavy rains have caused rivers and streams to overflow, mudslides and landslides in many communities, still isolated today, with serious difficulties in obtaining basic foods that they carry from the cities such as: oil, sugar, salt, rice, noodles to complement with cereals and stews that they reserve for the winter.

Currently there are damaged roads in La Florida, Penachi, Kanaris, some families have lost part of their farms due to landslides, most are isolated by roads damaged by landslides. There are entire villages that are with their houses and land flooded. This is request is not to solve all their problems, but to provide support so that the families will not feel they are alone and to provide a level of confidence and strength that will help them to stay strong and move forward.

This grant will provide food kits consisting of: rice, sugar, noodles, salt, oil, to 225 families in the La Florida, Cutervo, Querocotillo, Pulan 12 communities of Agua Azul, Limoncito, Montaña de Sequez, Pampa de Sequez, La Laja (Aspro), Santa Rosa de Minas, Lijadero, Cochalan, Paltomayo, Churumayo (Apaic), El Triunfor , Sayari (Adec).

This FOOD RELIEF REQUEST is for the communities isolated by the presence of Cyclone Yaku in Northern Peru. Cyclone Yaku caused damage in the coastal regions and heavy rains have caused rivers and streams to overflow, mudslides and landslides in many communities, still isolated today, with serious difficulties in obtaining basic foods that they carry from the cities such as: oil, sugar, salt, rice, noodles to complement with cereals and stews that they reserve for the winter.

Currently there is marginal highway damage, the entrance roads to El Ron and San Antonio. The roads to the communities of Lonya Grande and Luya have some damage and some families have lost part of their farms due to landslides, most are isolate by roads damaged by landslides. There are entire villages that are with their houses and land flooded. This is request is not to solve all their problems, but to provide support so that the families will not feel they are alone and to provide a level of confidence and strength that will help them to stay strong and move forward.

This grant will provide food kits consisting of: rice, sugar, noodles, salt, oil, to 400 families in the districts of Bagua Grande (Apcu), Cajaruro (Apcafis), Lonya Grande (Ucam-Gran Vilaya), Luya (Forkun), in the communities of San Antonio del Ron, Progreso San Antonio, Vista Hermosa, Huamboya, New York, Roblepampa, Santa Rosa, El Porvenir, San Isidro, Virgen de Fátima, Chaupe, Yungasuyo, Guadalupe, Cococho (Utcubamba-Amazonas).

This project DISASTER SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES ISOLATED BY THE PRESENCE OF CYCLONE YAKU in Northern Peru. Cyclone Yaku and heavy seasonal rains have cause rivers and creeks to overflow, mudslides and landsclides in many communities that today remain isolated and with serious difficulties in obtaining basic food and medicine.

The representatives of the communities – mayors, judges, representative of organizations make journeys of 15-20 hours walking, dodging the danger, to reach the cities to request support from the government authorities. Produces are also organizing to fix the roads through minga (communal work). Life in the communities has become very expensive, they are aware that only by fixing their roads and highways can they reduce the costs to take their food and production to the market because they are close to the coffee harvest. Teachers also walk to communities to take responsibility. With disasters everything is altered in the life of communities: work, health and education.

This request is seek support to cover the expenses of tickets and accommodations of the representative of the isolated communities who come to make arrangements in Chiclayo or Lambayeque and food for the producers who are participating in the communal tasks of road repair, repair of school classrooms, arrangement of the community irrigation system.

The project will provide SUPPORT FOR TH REPAIR OF ROADS DESTROYED BY DISASTERS IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES LISTED ABOVE BY ADDING TO THE INTERVENT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITH MACHINER. In general, public institutions such as municipalities only provide the machinery and a small supply of fuel and then the machinery is taken out of the community until they can get another supply of fuel, taking much longer. Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or the s-called El Nino Phenomenon, present this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases in 1982, 1983 and 2017.

The closure of roads caused by the overflow of rivers and streams, mudslides and landslides keeps many rural communities isolated and with serious difficulties in obtaining basic food and medicines.

The authorities' lack of foresight in clearing rivers and streams, in cleaning irrigation canals, in digging channels for drainage means that the damage to the poorest population often means that their economy of deteriorate more and more and the work and investment made disappear.

The urgent qualification of the roads would allow rural communities to take their production to the market and take the products they need to complement their diet at lower costs. It would also allow the start of school activities in better conditions and facilities to access health centers and medicines.

With this request we seek the support of the Café Femenino Foundation to complement the budget allocated by the communities with fuel for the habilitation of roads in the shortest possible time, in the most difficult section of Carretera Marginal to Hierba Buena. Marginal road to Santa Rosa Espinal. From Olos to Machucara - Kañaris - Lambayeque, benefiting more than 08 communities.

The project will provide SUPPORT FOR TH REPAIR OF ROADS DESTROYED BY DISASTERS IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES LISTED ABOVE BY ADDING TO THE INTERVENT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITH MACHINER. In general, public institutions such as municipalities only provide the machinery and a small supply of fuel and then the machinery is taken out of the community until they can get another supply of fuel, taking much longer. Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or the s-called El Nino Phenomenon, present this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases in 1982, 1983 and 2017.

The closure of roads caused by the overflow of rivers and streams, mudslides and landslides keeps many rural communities isolated and with serious difficulties in obtaining basic food and medicines.

The authorities' lack of foresight in clearing rivers and streams, in cleaning irrigation canals, in digging channels for drainage means that the damage to the poorest population often means that their economy of deteriorate more and more and the work and investment made disappear.

The urgent qualification of the roads would allow rural communities to take their production to the market and take the products they need to complement their diet at lower costs. It would also allow the start of school activities in better conditions and facilities to access health centers and medicines.

With this request we seek the support of the Café Femenino Foundation to complement the budget allocated by the communities with 400 gallons of fuel for the habilitation of roads in the shortest possible time and facilitate access to food, health and education for families in 10 isolated communities as a result of the destruction of the road by Cyclone Yaku and heavy rains.

The project will provide SUPPORT FOR TH REPAIR OF ROADS DESTROYED BY DISASTERS IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES LISTED ABOVE BY ADDING TO THE INTERVENT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITH MACHINER. In general, public institutions such as municipalities only provide the machinery and a small supply of fuel and then the machinery is taken out of the community until they can get another supply of fuel, taking much longer. Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or the s-called El Nino Phenomenon, present this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases in 1982, 1983 and 2017.

The closure of roads caused by the overflow of rivers and streams, mudslides and landslides keeps many rural communities isolated and with serious difficulties in obtaining basic food and medicines.

The authorities' lack of foresight in clearing rivers and streams, in cleaning irrigation canals, in digging channels for drainage means that the damage to the poorest population often means that their economy of deteriorate more and more and the work and investment made disappear.

The urgent qualification of the roads would allow rural communities to take their production to the market and take the products they need to complement their diet at lower costs. It would also allow the start of school activities in better conditions and facilities to access health centers and medicines.

With this request we seek the support of the Café Femenino Foundation to complement the budget allocated by the communities with 400 gallons of fuel for the habilitation of roads in the shortest possible time in the most difficult stretch of Palo Blanco-Colaya-Corral de Peidra-Chinama-Naranajo, benefiting more than 10 communities

The project will provide SUPPORT FOR TH REPAIR OF ROADS DESTROYED BY DISASTERS IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES LISTED ABOVE BY ADDING TO THE INTERVENT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITH MACHINER. In general, public institutions such as municipalities only provide the machinery and a small supply of fuel and then the machinery is taken out of the community until they can get another supply of fuel, taking much longer. Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or the s-called El Nino Phenomenon, present this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases in 1982, 1983 and 2017.

The closure of roads caused by the overflow of rivers and streams, mudslides and landslides keeps many rural communities isolated and with serious difficulties in obtaining basic food and medicines.

The authorities' lack of foresight in clearing rivers and streams, in cleaning irrigation canals, in digging channels for drainage means that the damage to the poorest population often means that their economy of deteriorate more and more and the work and investment made disappear.

The urgent qualification of the roads would allow rural communities to take their production to the market and take the products they need to complement their diet at lower costs. It would also allow the start of school activities in better conditions and facilities to access health centers and medicines.

With this request we seek the support of the Café Femenino Foundation to complement the budget allocated by the communities with 400 gallons of fuel for the habilitation of roads in the shortest possible time in the most difficult stretch of Marginal Road to Hierba Buena. Marginal road to Santa Rosa Espinal. From Olos to Machucara - Kañaris- Lambayeque, benefiting more than 8 communities

This project will replant coffee trees and recover the irrigation system damaged by Cyclone Yaku by providing producers who have suffered damage from mudslides, floods, landslides, with seeds, coffee seedlings and shade trees, hoses and pipes.

Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or so-called El Niño phenomenon, presented this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases of 1982, 1983 and 2017.

This project seeks to ensure that coffee farmers and young people stay in the communities and do not migrate to the cities, abandoning the fields when their investment is lost. Recovery of their coffee farms and irrigation system will guarantee the income of the small producers and the sustainability of the 25 families who will benefit from this grant.

This project will replant coffee trees and recover the irrigation system damaged by Cyclone Yaku by providing producers who have suffered damage from mudslides, floods, landslides, with seeds, coffee seedlings and shade trees, hoses and pipes.

Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or so-called El Niño phenomenon, presented this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases of 1982, 1983 and 2017.

This project seeks to ensure that coffee farmers and young people stay in the communities and do not migrate to the cities, abandoning the fields when their investment is lost. Recovery of their coffee farms and irrigation system will guarantee the income of the small producers and the sustainability of the 25 families who will benefit from this grant

This project will replant coffee trees and recover the irrigation system damaged by Cyclone Yaku by providing producers who have suffered damage from mudslides, floods, landslides, with seeds, coffee seedlings and shade trees, hoses and pipes.

Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or so-called El Niño phenomenon, presented this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases of 1982, 1983 and 2017.

This project seeks to ensure that coffee farmers and young people stay in the communities and do not migrate to the cities, abandoning the fields when their investment is lost. Recovery of their coffee farms and irrigation system will guarantee the income of the small producers and the sustainability of the 20 families who will benefit from this grant.

This project will replant coffee trees and recover the irrigation system damaged by Cyclone Yaku by providing producers who have suffered damage from mudslides, floods, landslides, with seeds, coffee seedlings and shade trees, hoses and pipes.

Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or so-called El Niño phenomenon, presented this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases of 1982, 1983 and 2017.

This project seeks to ensure that coffee farmers and young people stay in the communities and do not migrate to the cities, abandoning the fields when their investment is lost. Recovery of their coffee farms and irrigation system will guarantee the income of the small producers and the sustainability of the 25 families who will benefit from this grant.

This project will replant coffee trees and recover the irrigation system damaged by Cyclone Yaku by providing producers who have suffered damage from mudslides, floods, landslides, with seeds, coffee seedlings and shade trees, hoses and pipes.

Cyclone Yaku and the heavy seasonal rains or so-called El Niño phenomenon, presented this year have caused greater damage than in previous cases of 1982, 1983 and 2017.

This project seeks to ensure that coffee farmers and young people stay in the communities and do not migrate to the cities, abandoning the fields when their investment is lost. Recovery of their coffee farms and irrigation system will guarantee the income of the small producers and the sustainability of the 28 families who will benefit from this grant.

In the coffee communities, climate change has been greatly affecting the production of coffee, fruit trees, grains and vegetables. The presentation of the increasingly extreme weather phenomena such as heavy rains, floods, mudslides, droughts, heat waves, aggravate water shortages.

In the past, producers had adapted their crops to 6 months of rain and 6 months of drought. Currently there are 03 months of rain and 09 months of drought and now with situations like the current one, a lot of rain in short period of time and then very long periods of time where water is scarce.

This project will provide 25 rainwater storage tanks allowing the coffee producers to safely store enough water and use it in sprinkler irrigation at times of greater scarcity and greater crop requirement.

The purpose of this project is to develop productive and management capacities in young men and women to use up-to-date technologies on their farms, improve their living conditions with basic services, facilitate their access to connectivity and knowledge of digital techniques, having as transversal themes, gender equity, rights and duties and empowerment.

Community development depends heavily on youth participation. In the Case of the Rural sector, if they don not manage to involve young people in development proposals, they will not be sustainable over time. Youth has the potential for the transformation of their spaced due to the greater willingness to change, their aspirations and the constant search for opportunities, so they require better education, facilities for access to media and easy access to resources.
Rural youth n ot only face the difficulties of youth such as access to education, early pregnancy and lack of employment, but also have to face the difficulties of the rural work such as poor coverage and low quality of public services, precarious housing, almost no access to land ownership.
In reality, low productivity in the agricultural sector, the small area of land managed by families (smallholdings) and education not linked to agriculture mean that young people have no motivation to stay in the countryside. This project offers hope for the future of the young people and the coffee families.

The Project,
Young Adult Product and Management Training, will be a meeting place for training and exchange of experiences aimed at rural young adults between 15-40 years old who wish to progress and be leaders in the development of their community.
This is a 3-year program, with attendance at classes 4 days a month. It will seek to encourage young people to achieve an approval grade and present progress in the implementation of organic farming techniques on their plot. The incentive will be in money, materials and access to funds to share specified in the internal regulations that will be approved with the participation of students at the beginning of the year.
In this second year of operation of the school, it will seek to involve the students of 4th and 5th of the secondary level of Pampa de Seques (Cajamarca) schools in Nueva York, Lonya Grande; San Antonio, El Ron (Amazonas) and Penachi (Lambayeque)
The academic training will be developed through thematic modules that will be deepened in each year of training. The modules will have cross-cutting themes covering gender equity, rights and duties, empowerment (leadership).
Training Modules:
I. Leadership for Entrepreneurship
II. Associativity and Articulation
III. Agroecology and Agroecological Systems of Sustainable Coffee
IV Certification of organic production and Fair Trade Certification
V Agribusiness and Market
VI Financial Education
VII Access to Digital Information

Early Education Center Project in Northern Peru reaches 230 children in the regions of Lambayeque, Cajamarca, Amazonas in Fifteen (15) Communities: General Information: The children in rural Peru are severely malnourished, this grant provides funds needed to educate the teachers, parents and students on food nutritional value and how to incorporate the foods into their daily diet with the goal of reducing malnutrition in the rural coffee producing communities in Peru.

The Cafe Femenino Foundation has supported the implementation of this project since 2013. Each year the impact is measured by a visiting nurse taking and recording, the height and weight of the students ages 3-5 three times per year. In total, 230 students, 140 parents and 15 teachers in 15 rural early education centers will participate in this program.

The curriculum for the early education center students also includes personal hygiene and dental care. Funds will cover the cost of the traveling nurse, as well as educational, grooming and hygiene, supplies for Covid prevention materials as well as basic food supplies and first aid kits needed for each early education centers. The centers will receive needed supplies such as facemasks, hand sanitizers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, wash clothes, crayons, books, paper, glue, mats for the floor where the children sit and play, as well as jackets and polo shirts depending on the climate. Desired Results of this Program: To contribute to the improvement of the nutritional status of the pre-school children in the 15 communities while providing the children and parents with information that increases their knowledge of proper nutrition, dietary resources available in their community and set them on a path of improved future health. Pandemic Impact on Early Education Centers:

After two years of virtual classes and a year, like the present, where the children still no not return to classes in their entirety because the infrastructure of the schools is deteriorated by abandonment of two year and by the effects of rain have taken a toll on some school structures. These two years of the pandemic, no yet overcome, has meant a delay in training of the children because parents are not prepared for virtual classes nor are they able to teach their children. The children ages 3-5 require trained, skilled teachers. With this pandemic, although the rural communities have been the least affected by incidents of Covid-19, it has been the most affected in access to basic services and technology that allows children to continue their capacity building.

During the past two year the rural population has taken refuge on their farms with their focus on tending to their coffee and other crops and not providing the necessary daily well-balanced meals for their children leaving the children to eat food available that are high in carbohydrates.
The Weight & Height Data Report Summary:
* Normal Nutritional Status: 2022 - 81% of the children were within the Normal Range; compared to 84% in 2021;
* Malnutrition Status: 2022 - 2% of the children were malnourished; compared to 1% in 2021
* Overweight/Obesity: 2022 -17% of the participating children were overweight; compared to only 15% in 2021
Some of the assumptions: parents having to go to work and leaving children with siblings or others; consumption of processed products and sweets; food support of the school program has continued but in many cases foods have been used for the whole family

This year we will again be able to put more emphasis on the educational workshops with parents and the teachers focusing on how the types of foods consumed impact the overall health and development of their young children. Workshops will raise awareness among parents about the importance of feeding their children, motivate the teacher to continue raising awareness among parents about nutritional value of food and hygiene habits.

Early Education Center Project in Northern Peru reaches 250 children in the regions of Lambayeque, Cajamarca, Amazonas in Fifteen (15) Communities: General Information: The children in rural Peru are severely malnourished, this grant provides funds needed to educate the teachers, parents and students on food nutritional value and how to incorporate the foods into their daily diet with the goal of reducing malnutrition in the rural coffee producing communities in Peru.

The Cafe Femenino Foundation has supported the implementation of this project since 2013. Each year the impact is measured by a visiting nurse taking and recording, the height and weight of the students ages 3-5 three times per year. In total, 230 students, 140 parents and 15 teachers in 15 rural early education centers will participate in this program.

The curriculum for the early education center students also includes personal hygiene and dental care. Funds will cover the cost of the traveling nurse, as well as educational, grooming and hygiene, supplies for Covid prevention materials as well as basic food supplies and first aid kits needed for each early education centers. The centers will receive needed supplies such as facemasks, hand sanitizers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, wash clothes, crayons, books, paper, glue, mats for the floor where the children sit and play, as well as jackets and polo shirts depending on the climate. Desired Results of this Program: To contribute to the improvement of the nutritional status of the pre-school children in the 15 communities while providing the children and parents with information that increases their knowledge of proper nutrition, dietary resources available in their community and set them on a path of improved future health. Pandemic Impact on Early Education Centers:

After two years of virtual classes and a year, like the present, where the children still no not return to classes in their entirety because the infrastructure of the schools is deteriorated by abandonment of two year and by the effects of rain have taken a toll on some school structures. These two years of the pandemic, no yet overcome, has meant a delay in training of the children because parents are not prepared for virtual classes nor are they able to teach their children. The children ages 3-5 require trained, skilled teachers. With this pandemic, although the rural communities have been the least affected by incidents of Covid-19, it has been the most affected in access to basic services and technology that allows children to continue their capacity building.

During the past two year the rural population has taken refuge on their farms with their focus on tending to their coffee and other crops and not providing the necessary daily well-balanced meals for their children leaving the children to eat food available that are high in carbohydrates.
The Weight & Height Data Report Summary:
* Normal Nutritional Status: 2022 - 81% of the children were within the Normal Range; compared to 84% in 2021;
* Malnutrition Status: 2022 - 2% of the children were malnourished; compared to 1% in 2021
* Overweight/Obesity: 2022 -17% of the participating children were overweight; compared to only 15% in 2021
Some of the assumptions: parents having to go to work and leaving children with siblings or others; consumption of processed products and sweets; food support of the school program has continued but in many cases foods have been used for the whole family

This year we will again be able to put more emphasis on the educational workshops with parents and the teachers focusing on how the types of foods consumed impact the overall health and development of their young children. Workshops will raise awareness among parents about the importance of feeding their children, motivate the teacher to continue raising awareness among parents about nutritional value of food and hygiene habits.

Early Education Center Project in Northern Peru reaches 250 children in the regions of Lambayeque, Cajamarca, Amazonas in Fifteen (15) Communities: General Information: The children in rural Peru are severely malnourished, this grant provides funds needed to educate the teachers, parents and students on food nutritional value and how to incorporate the foods into their daily diet with the goal of reducing malnutrition in the rural coffee producing communities in Peru.

The Cafe Femenino Foundation has supported the implementation of this project since 2013. Each year the impact is measured by a visiting nurse taking and recording, the height and weight of the students ages 3-5 three times per year. In total, 230 students, 140 parents and 15 teachers in 15 rural early education centers will participate in this program.

The curriculum for the early education center students also includes personal hygiene and dental care. Funds will cover the cost of the traveling nurse, as well as educational, grooming and hygiene, supplies for Covid prevention materials as well as basic food supplies and first aid kits needed for each early education centers. The centers will receive needed supplies such as facemasks, hand sanitizers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, wash clothes, crayons, books, paper, glue, mats for the floor where the children sit and play, as well as jackets and polo shirts depending on the climate. Desired Results of this Program: To contribute to the improvement of the nutritional status of the pre-school children in the 15 communities while providing the children and parents with information that increases their knowledge of proper nutrition, dietary resources available in their community and set them on a path of improved future health. Pandemic Impact on Early Education Centers:

After two years of virtual classes and a year, like the present, where the children still no not return to classes in their entirety because the infrastructure of the schools is deteriorated by abandonment of two year and by the effects of rain have taken a toll on some school structures. These two years of the pandemic, no yet overcome, has meant a delay in training of the children because parents are not prepared for virtual classes nor are they able to teach their children. The children ages 3-5 require trained, skilled teachers. With this pandemic, although the rural communities have been the least affected by incidents of Covid-19, it has been the most affected in access to basic services and technology that allows children to continue their capacity building.

During the past two year the rural population has taken refuge on their farms with their focus on tending to their coffee and other crops and not providing the necessary daily well-balanced meals for their children leaving the children to eat food available that are high in carbohydrates.
The Weight & Height Data Report Summary:
* Normal Nutritional Status: 2022 - 81% of the children were within the Normal Range; compared to 84% in 2021;
* Malnutrition Status: 2022 - 2% of the children were malnourished; compared to 1% in 2021
* Overweight/Obesity: 2022 -17% of the participating children were overweight; compared to only 15% in 2021
Some of the assumptions: parents having to go to work and leaving children with siblings or others; consumption of processed products and sweets; food support of the school program has continued but in many cases foods have been used for the whole family

This year we will again be able to put more emphasis on the educational workshops with parents and the teachers focusing on how the types of foods consumed impact the overall health and development of their young children. Workshops will raise awareness among parents about the importance of feeding their children, motivate the teacher to continue raising awareness among parents about nutritional value of food and hygiene habits.

Coffee is now the main income generating product in the Lambayeque region of Northern Peru, however the market price volatility makes it difficult for producers’ when prices are low. The beekeeping project consists of purchasing materials to build ten (10) bee boxes, bees, harvest equipment and workshops on all aspects of beekeeping. Workshops planned will address: Bee-Honey Production; Care of Bees; Honey Harvest, Royal Jelly, Pollen; Processing and Packaging of Honey; Uses of Honey in Food; Packaging and Labels.

A successful bee project will not only provide a second income, it will improve the coffee production by pollinating the coffee flower. The pollination will contribute to improving the quality of the coffee and other grains grown in the region. Honey will be produced from October to January during coffee flowering time and again from February through September during fruit flowering time. This project will provide additional income for ten (10) families in the four community of Murojaga.

Coffee is now the main income generating product in the Lambayeque region of Northern Peru, however the market price volatility makes it difficult for producers’ when prices are low. The beekeeping project consists of purchasing materials to build ten (10) bee boxes, bees, harvest equipment and workshops on all aspects of beekeeping. Workshops planned will address: Bee-Honey Production; Care of Bees; Honey Harvest, Royal Jelly, Pollen; Processing and Packaging of Honey; Uses of Honey in Food; Packaging and Labels.

A successful bee project will not only provide a second income, it will improve the coffee production by pollinating the coffee flower. The pollination will contribute to improving the quality of the coffee and other grains grown in the region. Honey will be produced from October to January during coffee flowering time and again from February through September during fruit flowering time. This project will provide additional income for ten (10) families in the community of Pampa Verde.

In November, 2020, coffee and other crops suffered damage from Hurricanes ETA and IOTA, causing water erosion in the soil, landslides and infertility in the soil making it necessary to organically replenish the soil and nourish the coffee plant. There were 15,530 hectares of coffee affected by hurricanes, landslides and low land fertility causing low productivity.

The objective of the project is to replenish the soil with organic compost and raw materials, as well as provide funds for new seed beds and materials needed to help these women coffee producers maintain their organic certifications and recover their coffee crops damages by the hurricanes.

Funding this project will directly benefit 20 women from the Ixil communities of two municipalities, Santa Maria Nebaj and San Juan Cotzal. Indirectly, 20 families that are the family nucleus of the 20 producers will benefit, with a total of 100 people benefiting indirectly.

This is a priority for them for three (3) reasons: It is necessary to train the next generations; to reduce the youth migration; to defend local food sovereignty. Coffee is the main income-generating crop for the families, making it necessary to help to solve some of their most pressing needs, such as the right to education, health and food. This situation makes them vulnerable when they must depend on a single crop or source of income. The cooperative is currently made up of elderly members, which makes in urgent to for a generational replacement.

This proposal focuses on creating a training plan aimed at strengthen the workforce of the young people between 15 and 24 years of age. The topics to be shared not only aim to expand knowledge about coffee culture, but also to diversify the “human plot of each of them”. The term “human plot” refers to the accumulation of knowledge acquired in different spaces of coexistence, from your family, community, educational, organizational, religious among others. The training plan aims to nourish with new knowledge and practices the “human plot” of each of the participants in different aspects such as:
* Production and cultural process of Coffee (ranging from planting, harvesting and marketing, etc.)
* Gender equity and the environment
* Human Development and Sustainability
The funds requested will be used for workshop materials such as notebooks, pens, etc., as well as vegetables & fruit seeds and food supplies and training of the children of the coffee producers (approximately 112 youth) in 14 communities; up to 20 young people will be trained per community.