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17 Jun

Fundazucar celebrates 32 years of promoting health, education, and development on the South of Guatemala

Fundazucar celebrates 32 years of promoting health,

education, and development on the South of Guatemala

32 years ago, the Guatemalan Sugar Industry joined forces and created the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-, which was born as the dream of a group of visionary businessmen who bet on education to promote development on the South of Guatemala.

Fundazucar is the social arm of the Guatemalan Sugar Industry, since 1990 it promotes the integral development of the communities, working with women, youth, health workers, teachers, community leaders and municipal authorities as agents of change.

At the Guatemalan Sugar Industry, we celebrate the 32nd anniversary of Fundazucar, which believes in development through training, an example of which is Better Families, a model that promotes Food and Nutritional Security, self-esteem, self-management and leadership in women, as agents of change for the development and well-being of their families and their communities and has trained more than 532 thousand women.

The program has been so successful that it was implemented in Honduras and is currently being adopted by the municipalities of Escuintla, Masagua, La Gomera, La Democracia, Tiquisate in the department of Escuintla, as well as in San Lorenzo and San Jose el idolo, in Suchitepequez.

During these 32 years, the Sugar Foundation has provided training to thousands of people and has contributed to the development and well-being of the communities with comprehensive community development plans and the preparation of technical projects for the construction of drinking water systems. and drains.

Fundazucar has also facilitated access to health for thousands of people through specialized clinics located in Escuintla.

Thanks to the commitment and effort of the team of social managers who bring training and development to remote communities on the South of Guatemala, Fundazucar has positioned itself as an example and benchmark in community development projects at a national and international level.

We congratulate Fundazucar on its 32nd anniversary and the leaders who had the vision to create the social arm of the Guatemalan Sugar Industry.

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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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Salubristas de la Costa Sur son capacitados gracias al programa “Mi Salud Primero” de Fundazúcar

11 Nov

Health professionals are trained thanks to the program “Health Comes First”

Health professionals are trained thanks to the program “Health Comes First”

More than 437 health workers from 65 health posts and health centers on the South of Guatemala are trained with the “Health Comes First” program of the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- in alliance with the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance with the aim of promoting health preventive in the communities.

Since 2016 Fundazucar, in alliance with the Ministry of Health, has promoted the innovative program “Health Comes First”, which trains public health workers to develop technical skills and an attitude of service.

In addition, joint prevention actions are carried out against COVID-19 and vector-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika and / or chinkunguya through the education and training of human resources in the health sector and in the communities of the South of Guatemala.

Some of the actions that have been carried out as part of the “Health Comes First” program are:

Delivery of the Protocol “Plan for the prevention, containment and response to cases of COVID-19” from the Ministry of Health to 65 health services of the South of Guatemala.

Trainings for 500 health professionals distributed in 12 face-to-face and / or virtual training workshops on the COVID-19 protocol of the Ministry of Health and preventive health promotion, with an emphasis on the “1,000-day window” and diseases caused by vectors such as Zika, Dengue and Chinkunguya; with 93% attendance.
Technical support to health professionals for the use and updating of epidemiological data analysis, with the aim of developing a culture of analysis of the information produced for making timely decisions.
Nine deliveries of Personal Protective Equipment -EPP- to 917 health workers in the priority area of the South of Guatemala to protect health workers on the first line of attention to COVID-19.
Participation of the Fundazucar team in 70 Nutritional Brigades for the active search for children with Acute Malnutrition, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and the Secretary of Food and Nutritional Security in 10 municipalities of 4 departments of the South of Guatemala.

“The Guatemalan Sugar Industry promotes the development and well-being of the communities through a responsible operation and the execution of social programs aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals -SDG-“, affirmed Maria Silvia Pineda, Sustainability Manager of -Asazgua- and director of Fundazucar.

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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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02 Jun

604 women graduate from the Best Families-Spoon program

604 women graduate from the Best Families-Spoon program

As part of the alliance between Fundazucar, the Inter-American Development Bank -BID- and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala -MSPAS-, on June 5th, 2021, 604 women graduated from the Better Families Program– Spoon.

This program promotes the training of women for behavior change from the individual, family, and community level, in which it is recognized as a key agent to promote the health and nutritional status of children.

In the program, which lasted 24 months, participated 604 women from 39 communities in 8 municipalities of the department of Baja Verapaz in the North of Guatemala. These women successfully complete the training for behavior change in the programmatic axes of: Self-esteem, Health and Nutrition, Responsible Motherhood and Fatherhood, and Reproductive Health.

“The women graduates participated in 14 training sessions, with home visits and monitoring of the Nutritional Status of their children, which will impact the social indicators of the department,” said Maria Silvia Pineda, director of Fundazucar.

Pineda added: “We motivate the graduates to always be women who with Better Families build Better Communities every day.”

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- executes its programs through alliances with authorities and institutions and, in this case, with social investors who relied on field experience to develop effective behavior change strategies.

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Municipalidades firman convenio para transferencia del programa Mejores Familias

23 Mar

“Better families” a social program developed by the Guatemalan Sugar Industry that promotes food and nutritional security, will be implemented by local governments

“Better families” a social program developed by the Guatemalan Sugar Industry

that promotes food and nutritional security, will be implemented by local governments

The Guatemalan Sugar Industry, through their Sugar Foundation – Fundazucar-, signed a cooperation agreement with municipal authorities of the sixth bigger department of Guatemala, called Escuintla for the transfer of the methodology of the Better Families program, which promotes food security and nutrition, as well as the empowerment of women as agents of change and catalyst for development.

Better Families is a program certified by the Guatemalan Ministry of Education and promotes the training of women for behavior change from the individual, family and community level, recognizing in her a key agent to promote the improvement of health and nutritional status of the family, especially of the children.

The Better Families program has empowered and trained more than 532,000 women since its implementation in 1998. Due to the positive results, it was transferred to the Government of Honduras and was implemented twice as a public policy of the State in Guatemala. Likewise, 14 companies, foundations and international organizations have carried it out in different areas of the country with the aim of reducing chronic child malnutrition.

The objective of this cooperation agreement is to replicate this social program that provides education to women, so they get to know 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.

The agreement was signed by the mayors of four municipalities of the Department of Escuintla in the South of Guatemala, as well as by Luis Miguel Paiz, General Manager of the Guatemalan Sugar Producers Association and Maria Silvia Pineda Molina, Executive Director of Fundazucar.

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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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