CODESPA AMERICA

PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EMPLOYMENT, COMMUNITY SAVINGS AND CREDIT GROUPS TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC AND CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE FAMILIES OF HUARAL - PERU, PHASE 2 $1 MILLIONDURING PHASE 2, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE 2,500 JOBS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE STRENGTHENED 289 BUSINESSES AND ACCELERATED THE CREATION OF 159 INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES, CREATING CLUSTERS OF BUSINESS NETWORKS TO CONNECT TO THE FORMAL MARKET. THE AVERAGE INCOME OF THE PROJECT PARTICIPANTS HAS GONE FROM $275 A MONTH TO $1,175 A MONTH. ABOUT 264 YOUNG ADULTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND CERTIFIED IN TECHNICAL SKILLS MAKING THEM GREAT CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL COMPANY POSITIONS. 194 YOUNG ADULTS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN LOCAL COMPANIES THANKS TO THIS TRAINING. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NOW 19 SAVINGS AND CREDITS GROUPS WITH 241 MEMBERS THAT HAVE GRANTED OVER 540 LOANS AND RAISED APPROXIMATELY $70,600 IN SHARED CAPITAL. THE PRODUCTS OF SOME OF THE ENTREPRENEURS CAN NOW BE PURCHASED THROUGH THE ONLINE STORE WWW.HUARALEMPRENDE.COM ENSURING ACCESS TO THE MARKET AND THE PROJECT'S LONG-TERM SUCCESS.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF 200 FAMILIES FROM THE EFFECTS OF PANDEMIC LOCKDOWNS AND THE ARMED CONFLICT AND ILLICIT ECONOMIES IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MIRANDA AND TUMACO - COLOMBIA. $125,000THE PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING LICIT ECONOMIES AS A MEANS TO SUPPORT THE LIVELIHOODS OF 200 SMALL PRODUCERS WHO HAVE BEEN DEEPLY IMPACTED BY THE COMBINED CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, DRUG TRAFFICKING, AND THE ONGOING ARMED CONFLICT IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MIRANDA (CAUCA) AND TUMACO (NARIO). TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE CULTIVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SHRIMP AND BLACKBERRY MARKETS IN RURAL AREAS. THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE VULNERABLE FAMILIES BUT ALSO TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE AND LEGAL SOURCES OF INCOME, ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND STABILITY OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THESE REGIONS. THE PROJECT HAS ALSO CONNECTED THE VULNERABLE PRODUCERS TO BUYERS THAT ARE SUPPLYING THE INGREDIENTS FOR THEIR PRODUCTS FROM THESE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENED BY THE PROJECT.