By Katherine Zavala | Coordinator of Programs
DESMI worked with community collectives to build a training center in Agua de Leon, a community in the municipality of San Cristobal de las Casas. While groups from 14 communities are initially using the center, eventually it will benefit 48 communities in the southern zone of Chiapas.
The center is designed to be a model for promoting ecological sustainability. It includes a greenhouse for germinating organic vegetable seedlings and saplings for reforestation. There is also an organic garden for hands-on training, composting toilets and rainwater harvesting tanks. To accommodate villagers from across the region there is a dormitory and a kitchen (including a wood-saving stove) for hosting multiple day workshops on-site.
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
