SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT “WATER FOR THE VILLAGE”

WATER MANAGEMENT SERVING THE COFFEE COMMUNITY IN GUATEMALA

  • Project Budget: € 21,000

  • Beneficiaries: 43 direct beneficiaries

  • Partners: 4

PHASES

  • Build pipeline between water source and wet mill
  • Improve wet mill process
  • Provide sustainable methods to ensure Strictly Hard Bean (SHB) coffee quality
  • Build site for the cooperative.

This project was possible thanks to the support of Fedecocagua R.L., Fundación UGK, La Unión Duraznito Cooperative, Caron*, and EFICO Central America/the EFICO Foundation and ran from 2009 to 2011.

* Mr and Mrs Caron visited this “Water for the Village” and the El Duraznito elementary school projects in Guatemala in December 2010, guided by Renaud Cuchet (Managing Director EFICO Central America). 

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