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Funding
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$5,999 (%)
As of Feb 13 02:57 2012
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Theme:
Environment
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Sponsor: Ashoka Innovators for the Public (nominal)
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Project duration: 1 Year
Project's area of focus: Training in appropriate technologies to improve nutrition, access to water, and local income.
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Rural communities in Oaxaca, Mexico face severe problems related to overexploited agricultural lands, water scarcity, and natural resource depletion. Technical and practical knowledge in green technologies is necessary to increase local self-sufficiency, create better living conditions, and preserve the region's biodiversity and cultural identity. This project offers hands-on training and practical solutions for communities to restore the landscape, grow their own food, and use renewable energy.
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Organic gardens teach families how to grow clean food to improve their diets. Rainwater storage tanks provide a reliable source of water in arid landscapes. Solar energy ovens use renewable energy to cook and reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. |
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Practical training in low-cost green technologies will provide 30 families with food and water self-sufficiency, thus improving their livelihoods and providing them with skills to train future generation in their community. |
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As a result of GRUPEDSAC's workshops, I've realized that what my husband used to tell me is not true - he said I wasn't worth anything. I have learned many things and today I train other people.
- Graciela Martinez, Mazahua indigenous woman
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Carolina Lukac,
Outreach and Workshop Coordinator
Ave. de las Fuentes •184, local 517
Lomas de Tecamachalco
Naucalpan, Estado de Mexico 53950
Mexico
5255550257010
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Ave. de las Fuentes #184, local 517 Lomas de Tecamachalco
NaucalpanEstado de Mexico53950
Mexico
(52 55)52 94 45 52
Organization's Homepage
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To educate, train, and carry out activities that contribute to the creation of sustainable communities.
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Our programs include: Training and Workshop Program at our education centers, Community Development Program with small indigenous farmers, Youth Program for a Healthy and Environmentally Conscious Community, Children's Environmental Education Workshops, Social and Environmental Responsibility Program with the business sector, Fair Trade Program producing and marketing recycle crafts and natural processed foods, Fundraising Activities Program, Institutional Development Program.
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Margarita Barney de Cruz,
General Director
Founded in 1990
Employees: 35
Volunteers: 13
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Other funding sources: W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Fundacion Merced, Hyman Levine Family Foundation, Fundacion Compartir, Phillip Morris Foundation, INDESOL, SEDESOL, SEMARNAT, SAGARPA (Mexican Government Agencies)
Religious Affiliation: none
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Isabel has been working with the Group for the last five years, coordinating a rural development project with an indigenous farming community. She is a natural born leader who enjoys working with adolescents, rural communities, and is a highly motivated organizer.
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Carolina has been working with the Group for the last two years, organizing workshops on appropriate technologies and sustainable living, and coordinating environmental education activities with school children. She is especially interested in sustainable food systems and promoting organic agriculture techniques.
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Juan has been the Group's architect and project coordinator for the past 5 years. He is passionate about ecological building and has coordinated numerous design projects for constructing community centers and houses with appropriate technologies, all around the country.
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