OUR WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP
WITH LUKER
Based on the alliance established with Luker since 2014 we were able to prepare and present a proposal to the development agency of the United States - USAID in 2018, aiming at allocating resources from the private sector for rural development and the construction of a lasting peace in our country.
Palmas del Casanare, EAFIT, Saldarriaga Concha Foundation and ENEL - Emgesa also participated in the proposal, which seeks to strengthen the cocoa production chain, helping to improve the living conditions of producers and their families.
The USD $ 6,260,000 proposal was approved to be developed between 2019 and 2023, in three sub-regions of the country where CasaLuker in committed to transform cocoa producing territories.
This project, called The Cocoa Effect, contributes to the dream of building a model for rural development in the country that Luker promotes through The Chocolate Dream (El Sueño de Chocolate) movement.
The Luker Foundation through its work in Necoclí is part of this dream since 2014, thanks to the contribution and commitment of many national and international partners who believe as we do that it is possible to generate changes in the cocoa regions through innovative initiatives, generating job opportunities and empowerment in the countryside to improve the lifestyle of farmers and their families.
2018 achievements in Necoclí
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78 hectares of cocoa to benefit 39 cocoa farmers and their families, thanks to a productive alliance with the association of cocoa farmers of Necoclí, Asoprone, and the support of the Government of Antioquia, the municipal administration, CasaLuker and the Luker Foundation.
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Thanks to the financing of an English client of Luker in the rural entrepreneurship line, Manizales Más start implementing the pilot “Emprendiendo Sueños” (Undertaking a dream), which seeks to accompany entrepreneurship initiatives that can become early victories for the creation of an entrepreneurial culture in Caribia village of Necoclí.
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Based on the experience in education that the Luker Foundation has in Manizales, nearly 800 children and young people were benefited in 2018, with the following results
- 27 teachers trained in the Escuela Nueva Activa methodology.
- Provision of schools with furniture and guides to implement the model.
- Training of primary school teachers in the literacy strategy and provision of the strategy’s pedagogical material.
- Development of leveling and reinforcement tutoring for students with greater educational weaknesses.
- Definition of a plan for water supply in schools.
- A mobility pilot with donkeys and bicycles that helped children improve attendance and punctuality and strengthen transversal competences in the process, such as animal care, sports and physical activity.
- Thanks to a Japanese client of Luker, added to the contribution of the Luker Foundation, works to reconstruct two blocks of classrooms and improve lavatory facilities in one of the school headquarters of the project’s area of influence began.
- In the Culture for Peace line, we managed to build and implement a joint proposal with the Saldarriaga Concha Foundation and the Universidad del Norte (Pisotón Program), as a strategy for psycho-affective development and the emotional education of the communities.
- In the Community Participation line, a technical study was carried out to restore a community aqueduct in the Caribia village, to solve the access to drinkable water problem, as a strategy for community empowerment and capacity building.
