Economic Growth Colombia Project #12350

A New Beginning for 71 families in Colombia

by Corporacion Interactuar

A New Beginning for 71 families in Colombia

Project Report | Mar 13, 2015
News from Los Medios Village!

By Daniel Marulanda | Project Leader

Dear supporters,

Happy New Year! We hope 2015 brings you strength, energy and passion to turn your dreams to reality! Corporación Interactuar and the families that returned to their homeland in Los Medios village after being displaced for years are sincerely grateful for your support throughout the entire last year. I am writing you to keep you up to date with the status of the project.

In December I wrote you about what 2014 has meant for us and the impact of your support on the community in Los Medios village. I told you about the major benefit panela growers in the region had: a half day technical training on the panela cultivation and growing process. Here’s how the day went.

The main points on the agenda included theory and practice on the generalities, current status and regulations of the sugar cane industry. The objective of the half day training was to develop, implement and strengthen a model of extension and technology adoption in the sugar cane sector.

The dynamic performance criteria meant to enhance the sugar cane production included: productivity, competitiveness, sustainability, equity.

The workshop included training on Good Agricultural Practices, a fundamental tool for an optimal development of the sugarcane cultivation. It includes instruction on fertilization, pest and diseases, increased productivity recommendations.

Good manufacturing and hygiene practices were another chapter on the agenda. Key points touched included food handling, industrial safety and occupational health, sugar cane regulations, production infrastructure improvement, emergency plans.

The trainer who delivered the workshop was Dinora Patricia, a dedicated agronomist kind and patient enough to answer every curiosity and guide our panela producers through the learning process.

This 2015 greets us with many challenges but also with the right team and tools to face them successfully. Our team now includes members from Brazil, Canada, France, India, Guatemala, Mexico who will bring their international experience in the campaign.

In order to improve our campaign and approach, we appreciate your feedback on the communication between us in 2014. Also, we would love to hear what made you stay close to us and support our cause and what we can do more to contribute to these projects.

Note: ‘A new Beginning for 71 families in Colombia is part of the Together for Colombia campaign that we developed in order to raise awareness on the social and economic reality of this country and involve the international community in changing it to the better. Keep in touch with us on Facebook and Twitter.

Looking forward to hear from you,

Daniel Marulanda

Project Leader

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Dec 11, 2014
Final thoughts of 2014

By Daniel Marulanda | Project Leader

Dear supporters,

We hope December finds you happy and content with what you have accomplished so far. Let us tell you that a part of those accomplishments you had this year stands also in the support you have shown us throughout 2014. Because we realized that the power of ‘together’ is greater than we all thought, now, at the end of this amazing year, we want to share with you what we have done together for the families that courageously took the challenge of going back to the homeland that raised them after being forced to leave it behind.

The year of 2014 has been enlightening for us and these families. Here’s why:

At the moment, we are happy to say the number of families that returned to the village reached 71;
The Association now supports the good activity of the school and church as well as the development of nutrition, law, economic and social practices in a more organized and improved manner;
The community has now strengthened and the families have more confidence in their neighbors and the future lying ahead.

All of your donations to this project in 2014 concreted in a series of activities that would help the community from Los Medios to improve the quality of their life in the village both in terms of social and economic matters. More specific, the panela producers in the village will benefit from a one day comprehensive training from an acredited agronomist.

After identifying the need to a continuously improving process of panela production in the region of Antioquia we created, together with our agronomist, a training session focused on the improvement of production processes in terms of technical issues.

Part of the objectives of this training are to improve the efficiency of panela peasant units, generate management tools that lead to projects with technological, economic, ecological and social impact and to upgrade the existing regulations in panela production – a very important issue for the panela producers.

The training will take place in Los Medios village this December. We will get back to you in January with a report on how the activity went, results and resolutions for the upcoming year. Since these families are constantly working to improve the quality of their life, we all appreciate your continuous support to the project. You can make your donation in the right box of the project page, or just by clicking here.

In behalf of the entire team of Interactuar and the families from Los Medios we wish you all a Merry Christmas with your loved ones and a Happy New Year!

Note: ’A new beginning for 61 families in Colombia’ is part of the Together for Colombia crowdfunding campaign that we developed in order to raise awareness on the social and economic reality of this country and involve the international community in changing it to the better. Keep in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or our blog.

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Oct 16, 2014
Project Update

By Daniel Marulanda | Project Leader

Dear donor,

The Interactuar team and the families from Los Medios thank you from the heart for your support. The gifts we received have found their destination and are now helping the micro entrepreneurs involved in the project to move forward.

The 71 families that are currently living in Los Medios have organized the community in various committees in order to take care of the good activity of the school, church, nutrition, law, economic and social issues in the village. The production of panela works better and better and thanks to your generous donations, the manufacturers have professional equipment to work in a safe environment and produce a qualitative 100% natural product. The Los Medios community is currently commercializing panela to the Granada market, the closest municipality, increasing the confidence level in the local economic activity. As the production of panela is the main financial resource that brings income to the families in the village, the purpose is to continuously increase the quality of production and extend the distribution market in other municipalities also to contribute to the community development. The focus now is to analyze the current economic situation of the community and to identify new markets and business opportunities to create various income generation sources for these families. The Los Medios community has come a long way thanks to your support. And it can go further with your help.

Note: ’A new beginning for 61 families in Colombia’ is part of the Together for Colombia campaign that we developed in order to raise awareness on the social and economic reality of this country and involve the international community in changing it to the better. Keep in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or our blog.

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