FONDO DE APOYO ALIMENTARIO
Project Street Address
LUCION CABAÑAS 9, SANTA ROSA DE LIMA
Project City
TUTUTEPEC
Project Province/State
OAXACA
Project Postal/Zip Code
-
Project Country
Mexico
País donde realizas tu trabajo.
MEXICO
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¿En qué etapa se encuentra el proyecto?
La operación tiene menos de un año
¿Cuál es el promedio mensual de los ingresos de los hogares en su comunidad de destino, en dólares de EE.UU.?
Menos de $100
Name Your Project
FONDO DE APOYO ALIMENTARIO
Describe Your Idea
Describe tu idea en menos de 50 palabras.
We´ve created a fund that grants families with credits in-kind that are applied to the production of family provisions,being outstanding supplies stored and commercialized in groups.Also technical assistance onvegetables production and small livestock providing 400families with nutritional authonomy
¿Qué es lo que hace que tu idea sea única?
The project has three innovative features:
1. The main objective of the project is not based on cash but on material, seeds, supplies received by families who give it back to the project in a microeconomic movement based on bartering.
2. Participants receive technical assistances, training and supplies in due time compared to a donation or gift that makes them dependant individuals, thus making them responsible for their own collective development since they work in small groups, which at the same time function as spaces for discussing and thinking about communitarian life.
3. The project applies the appropriate technologies so that healthy production is guaranteed, taking into account soil and water contamination, efficient water usage and the recovery of native seeds.
¿Cuál es tu área de trabajo? (puedes seleccionar más de una opción.)
¿Qué impacto has tenido?
At present there are 400 families participating in the project, they belong to indigenous and afro descendant poor communities in Oaxaca coastal area. We managed to improve production technologies and we have gather resources for USD 40,000.
We have experimented with different water saving methods, drop and micro aspersion systems for vegetable growing. We have designed an integral operation system for plague fighting that includes botanical pesticides and we have trained participants on compost elaboration and use of ecological sanitary systems to improve soli fertility.
Describe los problemas principales que ha trabajado tu proyecto.
The Project addressed nutritional autonomy, which makes communities dependant on outside-generated resources, thus implying a poverty and dependant situation.
Likewise, the project approaches environmental problems when presenting low impact production strategies for coastal ecosystems, water saving and decreasing use of agrochemicals.
On the other hand, acculturation problems are addressed since the project retrieves native seeds, cultivation techniques and traditional applications as well as the use of the “traspatio” (second backyard) for the production of supplies for the whole family.
In addition, the project addresses microfinancing problems for extremely poor families who may very improbably have access to a formal loan. Moreover, attention is called to the individualism communities are constantly taken into in contrast with this initiative that promotes collective organi
Describe los pasos que tu organización ha dado para que el proyecto tenga éxito
* Solidarity groups with participants of each community have been integrated.
* We have consolidated the seeds fund that allows the project to move on.
* We have a technical promoter farmers team who accompany participants.
* We have a specialized technical assistance team that support the project
* We have the infrastructure to support the project: office, vehicles, calculation equipment.
* We have developed specialized software to administer the fund.
* We are working on a responsible consumers network.
¿Qué necesitas para que tu proyecto tenga éxito durante los próximos tres años? Éxito en el año 1:
Strengthen technical abilities of farmer promoters, increase seeds fund resources.
Éxito en el año 2:
Strengthen responsible consumers’ network, establish fair trade networks, and increase seed capital.
Éxito en el año 3:
Strengthen responsible consumers’ network, establish fair trade networks, and increase seed capital.
¿Tienes un plan de negocios o plan estratégico?
We have a financing strategy as well as an amortization strategy and a reinvestment plan.
¿Cuáles son las tres acciones más importantes y necesarias para hacer crecer su organización o iniciativa? Paso 1:
Increase seed capital in the nutritional support fund (FAAL) that enables the provision of production supplies and a wide social base to work with.
Paso 2:
Keep a consolidated and updated technical support team who provide production problems with prompt attention.
Paso 3:
Consolidate a responsible consumers’ network that allows the prompt distribution of family second backyards’ outstanding, thus generating additional income to participating families.
Describe los resultados esperados de estas acciones.
The initiative is working to achieve the following results:
* At least 400 families are able to produce their own supplies in a healthy manner and at the same time to obtain additional income due to outstanding production.
* Reduce malnutrition rates in the participating communities.
* Improve farming techniques and technologies without agrochemicals.
* Retrieve and promote the use of at least 15 vegetal species that have been removed by commercial cultivation.
* Generate supplementing income to at least 420 low resources families
* Generate a responsible consumers’’ network who obtain their provision from the project.
Reinforce a local micro financing mechanism
¿Cuál fue el momento decisivo que llevó a esta innovación?
Several years ago, the organization has been financing low impact production methodologies by organizing groups in the communities and by promoting strategies for communities’ development.
In 1998 a small economic fund was started up for the micro project financing and in 2000 we started activities aimed at improving health condition and reduce mal nutrition. All these components contributed to picture this project.
Cuéntanos sobre los innovadores sociales detrás de esta idea innovadora
Heladio Reyes is the person who has been supporting this initiative. He is agriculturist. Since he shining university studies he has been generating communitarian projects that allow the conservation of natural resources and production mechanisms with low impact on coastal ecosystems.
He has been awarded prizes in the environmental field and he is a reference name in terms of natural resources protection in the area and in Oaxaca. He has been nominated fellow of Ashoka in 2001. A team of farmer promoters collaborate with the initiative. All of them live in the communities where the project is developed.
¿Cómo te enteraste de este Desafío Changemakers?
Through Ashoka
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¿Cómo planeas hacer para que tu proyecto sea innovador?
By strengthening a micro Financing mechanisms and technical assistance that allow participating families to improve their production capacity, their health and incorporate supplementing income mechanisms linking them with a responsible consumers’ network who also consume healthy supplies.
En caso afirmativo, indica nombre de la organización.
ECOSTA YUTU CUII
¿Hace cuánto tiempo que está en funcionamiento esta organización? (por ejemplo: menos de un año, 1-5 años, más de 5 años )
15 years
¿La organización tiene un Consejo de Administración o de una Comisión Asesora?
Board of directors.
¿La organización tiene alguna colaboración no monetaria con ONGs? (sí / no)
Yes
¿La organización tiene alguna alianza no monetaria con empresas? (sí / no)
No
¿De qué tipo de clasificación es tu organización?
sin fines de lucro/ ONG/ organización de la sociedad civil/
¿La organización tiene alguna alianza no monetaria con el gobierno? (sí / no)
NO
Por favor, cuéntanos cómo todas estas alianzas son fundamentales para el éxito de tu innovación.
Partnerships with other organization enable the exchange of experiences and technical assistance. Likewise, there is an exchange of materials, supplies and legal advice.
¿A cuántas personas beneficia tu organización?
DE 1001-10.000
¿Cuál es el número total de empleados y de voluntarios que trabajan en tu organización?
Employees: 5
Voluntaries: 15
¿Has recibido financiamiento de alguno de los siguientes grupos? (puedes seleccionar más de una opción)
Ashoka , Fundación Kellogg , World Wildlife Fund (WWF) .
¿Cuál es el presupuesto actual en dólares? (Confidencial)
? $10.001-50.000
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