Mexico
Women and Girls
Responsible management of Mexican rainforest
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesThe daily life of indigenous women is difficult. With no electricity or running water, they tend to children, cook for the family, care for the home, and create products to sell. While these women strongly support the conservation of their rainforest, their own survival requirements must be considered when determining land usage policies. For example, banning the collection of kindling, when women cook over open fires, makes feeding their families nearly impossible. ActivitiesTrainees will be taught to objectively review land-use needs & existing income-generating projects, determine who has access to which resources, from fishing lakes to wood & manage the program upon implementation. A $600 donation supports one woman's participation. Funding InformationThis project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations. Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed (Retired) Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term Impact45 women will be included in a training program to guide local residents to manage a conservation program that takes people's needs & projects into account, while protecting the endangered rainforest. A $600 donation supports 1 woman's participation. Project Message
Women's income-generating projects are being weeded out, further marginalizing them, as they have no say in the creation of long-term land usage plans for the Chiapas Biosphere Reserve Who is Running This ProjectContact
Hilda Salazar Ramirez, Project SponsorOrganization
Learn more about Semillas and the project team. Where this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico. When this Project was UpdatedDate Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 22, 2003. How Else You Can Help |
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