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11 Aug

50 chefs y cocineros se gradúan del Diplomado Cocina del Mar en Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa

50 chefs and cooks from touristic beach towns in the South of Guatemala graduated from the Seafood Cuisine Diploma

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- awarded with a scholarship for the Seafood Cuisine Diploma to 50 chefs and cooks from Las Lisas and El Chapeton, beach towns located 175 kilometers South from Guatemala City. The diploma was given by the Technical Training and Productivity Institute -Intecap- in alliance with the Ministry of Economy and the local government of Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa.

The “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma is part of the plan to support the reactivation of the economy in the beach area of the South of Guatemala. On this occasion, two graduation acts were held, the first in the village of Las Lisas, where 26 chefs and cooks graduated, and the other one in the village of El Chapeton with the graduation of 24 chefs and cooks who learned innovative recipes based on seafood.

The objective is to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area so that they can offer it as a tourist attraction. The diploma course lasted 80 theoretical-practical hours for the preparation of dishes with products from artisanal fishing. Additionally, the participants learned how to implement good manufacturing practices and marketing of the finished product.

The chefs and cooks who participated in the Gastronomic Diversification Diploma continued their training with a scholarship for the “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma granted by Fundazucar as part of the inter-institutional alliance, which promotes a strategy for local economic development.

The Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism aims to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area of the municipalities of Iztapa and Sipacate, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla and Taxisco, Santa Rosa; and San Andres Villa Seca and Champerico, Retalhuleu.

By Fundazucar Uncategorized community development, economic reactivation, economy, fundazucar, gastronomic diversification, tourism 0 Comments

Fundazucar capacita a lideres comunitarios

23 Mar

Fundazucar trains community leaders in responsible citizenship and leadership

Fundazucar trains community leaders in responsible citizenship and leadership

In 2021, the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- trained 1,562 community leaders from 143 communities in responsible citizenship and leadership participation to execute the Comprehensive Community Development Plans -CCDP- in the short and long term.

The participating leaders prepared and validated the Annual Operating Plan -AOP- 2022 for their communities, it is worth mentioning that the AOPs of the recent year were executed and fulfilled as planned.

Within the Comprehensive Community Development Plans, actions for the prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 are contemplated, so in 2021, 664 basic sanitation sessions were carried out in communities on the South of Guatemala.

Fundazucar has developed 298 CCDP on the South of the country and 108 in the highlands: in Cubulco and Rabinal, Baja Verapaz and Cunén and Nebaj, Quiché.

Leadership and local development

Since 1997, Fundazucar has promoted citizen participation, leadership, and decision-making of the Community Development Councils —Cocode- so that they can identify the main needs of the community and thus formulate and execute Comprehensive Community Development Plans -CCDP-.

In the development plan, the community define and prioritize the projects, as well as the times to carry out their execution. Fundazucar trains on laws, processes and requirements; and provides technical assistance so that the community can manage actions for their benefit with a long-term vision.

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21 Mar

Fundazucar trains community leaders in responsible citizenship and leadership

Fundazucar trains community leaders in responsible citizenship and leadership

In 2021, the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- trained 1,562 community leaders from 143 communities in responsible citizenship and leadership participation to execute the Comprehensive Community Development Plans -CCDP- in the short and long term.

The participating leaders prepared and validated the Annual Operating Plan -AOP- 2022 for their communities, it is worth mentioning that the AOPs of the recent year were executed and fulfilled as planned.

Within the Comprehensive Community Development Plans, actions for the prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 are contemplated, so in 2021, 664 basic sanitation sessions were carried out in communities on the South of Guatemala.

Fundazucar has developed 298 CCDP on the South of the country and 108 in the highlands: in Cubulco and Rabinal, Baja Verapaz and Cunén and Nebaj, Quiché.

Leadership and local development

Since 1997, Fundazucar has promoted citizen participation, leadership, and decision-making of the Community Development Councils —Cocode- so that they can identify the main needs of the community and thus formulate and execute Comprehensive Community Development Plans -CCDP-.

In the development plan, the community define and prioritize the projects, as well as the times to carry out their execution. Fundazucar trains on laws, processes and requirements; and provides technical assistance so that the community can manage actions for their benefit with a long-term vision.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized community development, fundazucar, Guatemala, social programs, training 0 Comments

Alcalde de Tiquisate firma convenio de transferencia del programa Mejores Familias

03 Nov

Six municipalities of Guatemala will replicate the Best Families Program

Six municipalities of Guatemala will replicate the Best Families Program

The local government of Tiquisate, Escuintla, located at 146 kilometers (91 milles) at the South of Guatemala, signed the agreement for the transfer of the methodology of the Better Families program of the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- making it the sixth municipality to implement this successful program to promote Nutritional Food Security.

Since the beginning of the transfer of the program, 36 facilitators from the Municipal Directorate for Women and the Municipal Office for Nutritional Food Security have been trained of the municipalities of Escuintla, Masagua, La Democracia and La Gomera; Escuintla and San Lorenzo, Suchitepequez.

The objective is that municipal facilitators can teach the women of their localty the best practices for the proper selection, preparation, and consumption of food. As well as educating mothers in preventive health with sustainable actions to improve the conditions of their children, family and community.

Through this program, the implementation of inter-institutional coordination mechanisms for Food and Nutrition Security in the signatory municipalities is facilitated. Each municipality has signed a cooperation agreement with Fundazucar for a period of 15 consecutive months.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized better families, chronic child malnutrition, community development, food security, fundazucar, Guatemala, Nutrition 0 Comments

Diplomado en participacion ciudadana y liderazgo Fundazucar

17 Sep

Fundazucar concludes a Diploma in Leadership and Citizen Participation to community leaders

Fundazucar concludes a Diploma in Leadership and Citizen Participation

to community leaders

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- gave the Diploma “Leadership and Citizen Participation” to 74 members of the Community Development Committees -Cocode- from Mazatenango, Suchitepequez, located 195 km (117 miles) from Guatemala City, with the aim of training and updating community leaders on leadership and citizen participation issues to be key in the development of their communities.

In six sessions, the participants were trained in topics such as: Introduction to the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala, Municipal Code and own and delegated powers, Municipal Budget, as well as the Development Council Law and National Council for Urban and Rural Development.

Fundazucar has always promoted responsible community participation through the Community Development Committees –COCODE-, so that they take advantage of the State’s offer focused on the continuous improvement of the community’s social and economic indicators.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized citizen participation, community development, fundazucar, leadership, local governments, social programs, training 0 Comments

17 Sep

Concludes the Municipal Management training imparted by Fundazucar and the School of Government

Concludes the Municipal Management training

imparted by Fundazucar and the School of Government

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- and the School of Government concluded the Municipal Management training aimed to municipal public officials. In total, 66 officials from 25 municipalities in the departments of Escuintla, Suchitepequez, Retalhuleu, Santa Rosa and Jutiapa successfully approved the modules.

The training course was given by the School of Government with the support of Fundazucar and began in December 2020 and ended in August 2021. The four modules that were worked on were: Mitigation measures against Covid-19; Municipal management, supervision, transparency, and accountability; Municipal planning and management for results; and Municipalities attractive for investment.

Sugar Foundation and School of Government joined forces through a strategic alliance to bring continuous education processes closer to municipal public servants on the South of Guatemala, and thus support the growth of communities and municipal development.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized community development, fundazucar, municipal management, school of government 0 Comments

07 Jul

Chefs and cooks were trained to receive tourists

Chefs and cooks were trained to receive tourists

To promote the economic reactivation in the South of country, the Guatemalan Sugar Industry through Fundazucar, in alliance with the Ministry of Economy -Mineco- and the Municipality of Sipacate, department of Escuintla; gave the diploma: Gastronomic Diversification in which participated 58 chefs and cooks from 12 hotels and 25 restaurants in the municipality.

The participants concluded the first phase of the training consisted of 5 workshops in which they learned innovative cooking techniques that included safety in food handling, elaboration of gourmet dishes based on seafood and its adequate presentation to provide a more nutritional offer, attractive and innovative, both for locals and tourists.

The participants received scholarships granted by the Sugar Industry through Fundazucar and Mineco, to continue their specialization at the Technical Training and Productivity Institute – Intecap- where they will take a 20-week diploma course in Seafood Cuisine.

“These actions are part of the plan for the economic reactivation of Sipacate, which as Guatemalan Sugar Industry we are supporting through an alliance with the authorities to promote productivity and local development,” commented Luis Miguel Paiz, General Manager of Asazgua, who also indicated that similar projects are being replicated in other municipalities on the South of Guatemala.

Sipacate is a municipality with tourist potential, therefore the plan began with the professional training of chefs and cooks in the hostelry sector. Specific trainings are also planned for other groups related to tourism: fishermen, artisans, and tourist guides.

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Programas sociales de Fundazúcar son certificados y acreditados

16 Dec

The Social Programs of the Sugar Foundation were certified and accredited

The Social Programs of the Sugar Foundation

were certified and accredited

The Social Programs, implemented by the Sugar Foundation of the Guatemalan Sugar Industry were certified and accredited for a period of five years by the Guatemalan Ministry of Education. The programs are aligned with the SDG´s of the United Nations.

These programs have been translated in more than 532,000 women empowered and trained in food security and development for their family and community; 26,837 youngsters empowered, since 2015, to be leaders and responsible citizens; 10,500 teachers from the South of Guatemala trained annually, benefiting more than 300,000 students; 5,390 community leaders have participated in the formulation and monitoring of 406 Comprehensive Community Development Plans that have benefited hundreds of residents of communities on the South Coast of Guatemala, during 19 years; 2,529 women and 1,612 municipal employees have been trained with this program between 2016 and 2018.

This success has made companies and organizations hire these services to implement them in areas of their interest, with which the work of Corporate Social Responsibility multiplies, for more information on how to be a Social Investor visit: https://www.fundazucar.org/programs?lang=en

The programs

The name of the programs are: Generation 15-30, Better families, Procaps and Pedagogical Coaching, Health comes first, Better communities, Participatory Municipal Development y Communities in development. These certifications and accreditations ensure educational quality of the social programs according to the standards of the Government of Guatemala through the Ministry of Education.

The now certified and accredited programs are focused on 65 municipalities and are aligned with public policies. The main objective of these is local development promoting citizen participation and strengthening local authorities.

The main actors are the same citizens, young people, women, teachers, health workers, community leaders and municipal authorities who, through the programs, are contributing to the well-being of their community.

Given the global and national scenario of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Foundation adapted social programs according to the needs posed by the health emergency. This has made it possible to reinforce the development strategy that has been executed in line with local public policies.

However, due to the positive results of the programs, they continue through individuals and / or companies that have made the decision to replicate the Fundazucar Programs with their own resources in the geographic areas of their interest, who are called “Social investors”. If there is interest in replicating the model, you can contact the Sugar Foundation at +502 22158000 for more information.

Since 1990, Fundazucar has promoted programs with a model of social investment where citizens themselves manage their resources for the benefit and development of their community.

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