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Gender Equality Costa Rica Project #56071

Help women's sustainable businesses in Costa Rica

by Diwo Ambiental

Project Report | Aug 24, 2023
Introducing "Paisaje Brunca Sostenible"

By Jimena Araya | Communications Director

We started the month of August with the presentation of our program "Paisaje Brunca Sostenible: Restoration of ecosystems and socioeconomic strengthening of indigenous, peasant and coastal communities of the South Pacific of Costa Rica" to our allies and beneficiaries.

This program aims to promote adaptation actions in four communities of the Brunca Region, among them the indigenous territories of Térraba and Boruca and the peasant-coastal communities of Palmar Sur and Ciudad Cortés, in order to increase the well-being of people and ecosystems, as well as to strengthen the connectivity between the La Amistad International Park, the Grande de Térraba river, the Térraba Sierpe National Wetland and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Delta del Diquís.

To achieve this, we will develop actions in the rehabilitation of the forest landscape, nature-based businesses, education, volunteering, sustainable construction, governance and research, through three strategic axes: Restoration of ecosystems, capacity building and awareness of climate change.

Women entrepreneurs, mothers, heads of household, landowners, among others, will be the main beneficiaries of this new program, as well as groups organized for specific economic purposes, associations, and families and members of the communities in general.

We estimate that, at the end of the program, up to 2,000 people will be positively impacted by these actions and will be able to improve their quality of life, diversifying development opportunities, in coexistence with the ecosystems.

This is a program that has received support from entities such as the European Union through the Small Donations Program for the 5 Large Forests of Mesoamerica, the French Embassy in Costa Rica through the PISSCA Fund, Fundecooperación through the Adapta2 Fund and Global Landscapes Forum through the Semilleros program, in conjunction with many other great allies, including GlobalGiving.

We are deeply grateful to our donors, who through their support have contributed to the creation and development of this important initiative, and we invite them to continue planting a future with us in this exciting stage that is just beginning.

- Regards from the whole Dìwö Team.

Links:

Diwo Ambiental's website.

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Apr 17, 2023
Off to a great start!

By Jimena Araya | Communications Director

Visit to Finca Catarata, Terraba, Costa Rica

This 2023 has been off to a great start!

Thanks to the donations we have received through the GlobalGiving platform to our women's employability project, we have been able to follow up on the goals of the communities for this 2023.

We have been able to visit each of the communities with which we work and that were beneficiaries of this project to map their needs and priorities to work this 2023.

Among these, they have mentioned their interest in working with groups of volunteers, designing and building structures in a participatory way, conserving the forest and ecosystems, and perhaps most importantly, they have mentioned their employment needs. They require training in entrepreneurship, business management, sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems, improvement in their governance and articulation with institutions and organizations, among many others.

Listening to this has reaffirmed the work we do at Diwo, since our lines of action (landscape restoration, environmental education, volunteering, sustainable construction, green employability, political advocacy and research) align and make us a good complement to support these communities.

Supporting these groups in the planning, implementation and monitoring of these goals is crucial for these communities to achieve their sustainable development goals and improve their quality of life.

Excellent news is that we have decided to expand our work geographically, taking all these actions to 4 other communities in southern Costa Rica. Now, we will work with 3 indigenous communities and 3 rural communities located in the Brunca region, when before we only worked with two respectively.

This has allowed us to establish our "Brunca Verde" (Green Brunca) program, which aims to strengthen the capacities in compliance with the SDGs of six communities in the Brunca Region of Costa Rica, strategically located for connectivity between the La Amistad International Park, the Térraba River and the Térraba-Sierpe National Wetland, through the implementation of actions in restoration, employability, construction, education and volunteering to promote the well-being and adaptation of linked families and the ecosystems that surround them, as well as human-ecosystem coexistence.

Donations like those received through GlobalGiving will help us continue working to achieve the goals of this ambitious project and have a long-term impact on the lives of people in this region.

Visit to Finca Catarata, Terraba, Costa Rica

Links:

Diwo Ambiental's website.

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