About the Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Region
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Postado
Setembro 21, 2020 .
Região: América Latina e Caribe
Migrant Workers and Remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020
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Setembro 21, 2020 .
Honduras’ President Juan Orlando Hernández visits the southern Dry Corridor
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Postado
Setembro 16, 2020 .
By
Janey Fugate and Yajaira Hernandez .
4 minutos de leitura.
Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández visited the small community of Jacalito, in Namasigüe, Choluteca. He was there to see how the Dry Corridor Alliance is supporting smallholder farmers growing in one of the most climate-fragile regions in the world.
“We are visiting the whole countryside to see successful stories like this,” said President Hernández, addressing the group of families, project team members and other officials gathered in Jacalito on Sept. 10.
Funded by both the World Bank and the Honduras Strategic Investment Office (INVEST-H), ACS-PROSASUR is part of the broader Dry Corridor Alliance project. The project addresses water scarcity, higiene, child under-nutrition and rural livelihoods, aiming to lift 50,000 families out of extreme poverty by improving growing practices, among other techniques. Creative implements programs in 12 municipalities in the departments of Choluteca y El Paraíso, working with 6,000 famílias.
Jacalito is home to 22 of those families identified by ACS-PROSASUR. The project supplied them with five rainwater storage tanks, as well as drip irrigation systems and training on agricultural best practices. Drip irrigation, which involves using long hoses called drip tape punctured with holes that line up closely with the seedlings, reduces water use by at least 30 por cento.
Representing these families at the president’s visit, farmer and community leader Ubence Quiñónez testified to the project’s effective farming methods and investment in their land.
“This project is a dream made reality,” said Quiñónez, addressing President Hernández and José Leva Bulnes, president of the intervening board of INVEST-H and an engineer. “We received water storage tanks, irrigation, ferramentas, fertilizer and insecticides that guarantee we can plant at all times of the year.”
Quiñónez and four other families grow corn, feijões, pumpkin and melons on the plot of land the group visited. The president saw firsthand how the water collection and storage tanks offset the risks posed by increasingly erratic rains in the wet season and more intense dry spells. Storing water to irrigate crops during droughts, the water tanks combined with the installation of drip irrigation systems give families stability during the planting and harvesting periods and prevent crops from dying.
Quiñónez said that harsher dry seasons no longer devastate their yields.
"Antes, we would plant and then lose our harvests in the winter (dry season),” said Quiñónez. “But now with the irrigation system and other technologies we’re using, we have the certainty that we won’t lose everything in the winter.”
In Quiñónez’ plot, he and the other families can now harvest up to three times per year, whereas before the drip irrigation systems were installed, he’d be lucky to have two harvests. Innovations like these and improved practices can’t solve every problem Mother Nature may throw at them, but small holder farmers’ resiliency and profitability can be drastically improved.
With these techniques, as well as environmentally friendly fertilizers and better seeds, producers can go from growing for subsistence to commercializing their excess.
“The president and other representatives saw that it doesn’t take a huge investment to raise the standards of living of small holder farmers and make their work sustainable,” said Jorge Lainez, ACS-PROSASUR’s Chief of Party in Choluteca and Paraiso. “The president not only saw how important projects like ours are in enhancing production, nutrição, and income for farmers, but also in managing natural resources like water, the protection of water basins, and giving these producers technical assistance.
Eight of the families involved in ACS-PROSASUR’s agricultural projects in Jacalito are led by women and single mothers, highlighting a major focus on the project.
ACS-PROSASUR has several programs designed to empower rural Honduran women, who often the go unrecognized even as the primary breadwinners of their families. The project offers business plan development trainings, women’s and childhood health classes, and support in starting community gardens led by women’s cooperatives.
UM quarter of humanity is facing a water crisis, with Central America coming out of a drought earlier this year. As climate change continues to alter weather patterns and raise temperatures, organizations will have to continue to adapt, focusing on developing environmentally sustainable methods to increase farmers’ resiliency in the region.
Em março, President Hernández declared food security in the Dry Corridor a national priority for Honduras, given COVID-19’s disruption of value chains and supply lines compounded with the ever-present threat of climate change and water scarcity. But seeing projects like ACS-PROSASUR can encourage greater efforts to bridging agricultural resilience with economic growth that benefits families.
“The men and women who work in the fields need to be respected. They have a right to a better way of living,” said the president. “We want to give those who work in the fields a new way of living.”
Field photos: Agricultura, health and COVID-19 in the Dry Corridor
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Agosto 17, 2020 .
Creative lança Centro para Migração e Estabilização Económica
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Agosto 12, 2020 .
5 minutos de leitura.
O Centro concentrar-se-á primeiro nas mudanças e tendências causadas pelo impacto económico da COVID-19
WASHINGTON, DC. - Creative Associates International anuncia o lançamento do Centro para Migração e Estabilização Econômica. O objetivo é que através do Centro, Creative promove inovação e capacidade de resposta aos programas face a este fenómeno global.
“Nosso lançamento é oportuno, já que a pandemia gerou novas emergências em torno da migração”, diz o presidente criativo e CEO Leland Kruvant. “Este Centro combinará rigor técnico e engenhosidade com experiência programática no local.”, para enfrentar os desafios prementes que levam os migrantes a arriscar tudo”.
O Centro é desenvolvido com base na investigação Pioneiro criativo 2019 sobre os fatores causas da migração no Triângulo Norte da América Central.
Pablo Maldonado, COO criativo, afirma que estas motivações para migrar para norte continuam tão presentes como sempre e, em combinação com o efeito da COVID-19, podem gerar um poderoso impulso à emigração.
“A migração está conectada e se sobrepõe a outros desafios sistêmicos enfrentados pela América Central, África Ocidental e outros lugares, diz Maldonado. "Infelizmente, Os desafios do desenvolvimento cruzar-se-ão com as dificuldades económicas da COVID-19 para criar a tempestade perfeita para a migração. Veremos mudanças na migração e nas tendências, até mudanças de atitude, migração interna e movimento através das fronteiras, tudo causado pela pressão econômica”.
O Centro para a Migração e Estabilização Económica servirá como núcleo líder na questão, tanto como determinante como consequência de outros desafios de desenvolvimento, como a insegurança alimentar, desemprego e fragilidade dos estados.
O Centro continuará e expandirá as atividades anteriores de migração criativa, que inclui a recolha metódica de dados para identificar os fenómenos e finalidades da migração, desmistificando as crenças populares sobre a migração, que geralmente não são apoiados por evidências e, em termos gerais, a criação de programas que sirvam de insumo para a decisão de migrar, principalmente na área econômica, indica Maldonado.
“O Centro nos ajudará a permanecer na vanguarda da compreensão dessas questões que, em última análise, levam a uma melhor programação.”, focado localmente, para mitigar as causas da migração. “Será um recurso muito necessário para um novo raciocínio sobre a migração.”, diz Maldonado.
Um líder racional e profissional dirigirá o Centro
O Centro para a Migração e Estabilização Económica é liderado pelo proeminente especialista Manuel Orozco, Ph.D., que ingressou na Creative depois de mais de 20 anos no Diálogo Interamericano em Washington, DC.
Orozco, Renomado pesquisador e analista de fluxos migratórios globais, que inclui remessas, complementará a experiência técnica da Creative no desenvolvimento económico, juventude, educação, governo, segurança cidadã e muito mais, enriquecer a programação e identificar oportunidades para responder significativamente à questão da migração.
Recentemente, o diretor sênior de Remessas e Desenvolvimento do Diálogo Interamericano, Orozco, Ele também liderou o estudo em larga escala de Creative 2019 sobre as causas da migração de Honduras, El Salvador e Guatemala. Detalhes podem ser vistos em: https://www.saliendo-adelante.com/
“Depois de aprender sobre o trabalho de alto calibre e a dedicação da Creative para compreender totalmente as causas da migração, “Estou honrado com a oportunidade de me juntar à equipe e ajudar a Creative a continuar a ser líder nesta questão global.”, diz Orozco. “Através do Centro, Espero fornecer conhecimentos valiosos para garantir que os programas criativos ajudem a mitigar as causas da migração”.
A necessidade de conhecimentos e liderança adicionais em matéria de migração tornou-se mais urgente à medida que a COVID-19 se espalhava pelo mundo.; deixando comunidades já frágeis cambaleando, e evidenciando um maior impacto nos padrões migratórios para os próximos anos.
“Sabemos que a COVID-19 terá um efeito profundo na migração”, diz Maldonado. “Com a criação do Centro, podemos enfrentar este desafio iminente e servir melhor as comunidades, bem como famílias que lutam com os efeitos colaterais da pandemia”.
Além de sua nova função na Creative, Orozco é associado sênior de migração na Centro da Universidade de Harvard para o Desenvolvimento Internacional e consultor sênior sobre migrações e remessas do Fundo Internacional para o Desenvolvimento Agrícola. Ele tem doutorado em ciência política pela Universidade do Texas, em Austin, mestrado em administração pública e estudos latino-americanos, e bacharelado em relações internacionais pela Universidade Nacional da Costa Rica.
ACERCA DE CREATIVE ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL
A Creative Associates International trabalha com comunidades carentes, compartilhando seu conhecimento e experiência em educação, eleições, crescimento económico, governação e transições do conflito para a paz.
Com sede em Washington, DC, A Creative tem projetos ativos em quase 30 países. De 1977, trabalhou em quase 90 países e em quase todos os continentes. A Creative está empenhada em gerar soluções sustentáveis a longo prazo para problemas complexos de desenvolvimento e é reconhecida pela sua capacidade de trabalhar rapidamente, flexível e eficaz em ambientes afetados por conflitos.
A Creative cresceu e se tornou um dos líderes entre os implementadores de projetos de desenvolvimento global do setor privado dos EUA.. UU. O criativo é propriedade e operado por minorias.
Creative launches Center for Migration and Economic Stabilization
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Postado
Agosto 10, 2020 .
5 minutos de leitura.
Center to first focus on shifts and new trends caused by economic impacts of COVID-19
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WASHINGTON, DC. -CriativoAssociates Internationalé launching um specializedCentro de Migração e Economic Stabilization to driveinovação eprogramaresponsiveness tothis globalphenomenon.
“Our launch is timelydesde oCOVIDpandemia temgenerated new urgencies around migration,” says Creative President and CEO Leland Kruvant. “This Centervaicombine technicalrigor e ingenuity com Creative’s on-the-groundprogrammatic experienceto addresso pressingdesafios queluremigrantsintoriscoingit all.”
The Center for Migration e Economic Stabilization buildé sobre Criativos2019 groundbreakingpesquisar on thedrivers of migration from Central America’s Northern Triangle.
Pablo Maldonado, Diretor de Operações da Creative, dizthose motivaçãoé to migrate North remain as present as ever evaicombine withthe effects ofCOVID-19 to generate a powerful impetus to migrate.
“Migrationis connected andoverlaps with other systemic challenges facing Central America, West Africa and elsewhere,” Maldonado says."Infelizmente, long–standing development challenges willintersect with the economic hardship of COVID-19 para criara perfect storm formigração. Nós vai seeshifts in migration activity and trends, incluindochanging attitudes, internalmigração e relocationsacross borderstodoscaused by the economic squeeze.”
O Centerfor Migratione Estabilização Económicawill serve as a hub of thought leadership onoissue both as acause and byproduct of other developmentdesafios. The Centerhas a pointed focus onserving theunderserved, those who are not typically touched bymaistraditional economic development, including youth, mulheres and those working in informal economies.
The Centerwill continue and expand on Creative’s earlier migration pursuits, incluindo methodical data reunião to trackmigration and its drivers, demystification of popular migraçãobeliefs that are not supportedporevidência e, mais amplamente, ocreation of programsthat are material to the decision to migrate - mostly in the economic arena, Maldonado diz.
“The Center will help us stay at the forefront of understanding these issueseultimately lead to better, locally focused programming to mitigate the causes of migration. It will be a much-needed resource for fresh thinking on migration,”Maldonado diz.
Thought leader, practitioner todirect the Center
The Center for Migratione Economic Stabilization is led by noted expert Manuel Orozco, Ph.D., who joined Creative after more than 20 years at the Inter-American Dialogue em Washington, DC.
Orozco, a reconhecidoresearcher and analyst of global migration flows, including remittances, will complement Creative’s technical expertise increscimento económico, juventude, educação, governação, citizen security and moreto enrich programming and identify opportunitiesto respond thoughtfully tomigração.
Most recently Senior Director of Remittancese Desenvolvimento at the Inter-American Dialogue, Orozcoalso led Creative’s 2019 study into the drivers of migration from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.Details may be seen at: https://www.saliendo-adelante.com/
“After getting to know Creative’s high-caliber workand its dedication to fully understanding the causes of migration, I’m honored by the opportunity to joinoequipeehelp Creative continue being a leader onthis global topic,”Orozco says. “Through the Center, I hopepara provide valuable insightsto ensure thatCriativosprogramas help mitigate the causes of migration.”
O need for additional expertise and leadership on migration becamemais urgent as COVID-19 spread across the globe, leaving already fragile communities reeling and indicating a major impact on migration patterns for years to come.
“We know that COVID-19 will have a profound effect on migration,”Maldonado diz. “With the creation of the Center for Migratione Estabilização Económica, we can meet this looming challengeand better servecommunities and families grappling with the fallout of the pandemic.”
In addition to his new role at Creative, Orozco is a Senior Migration Fellow for theCenter for International Development at Harvard University and Senior Migration and Remittances Advisor for theInternational Fund for Agricultural Development. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in public administration and Latin American studies, and a B.A. in international relations from the National University of Costa Rica.
ABOUT CREATIVE ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL
A Creative Associates International trabalha com comunidades carentes, compartilhando conhecimento e experiência em educação, eleições, crescimento económico, governance and transitions from conflict to peace.
Com sede em Washington, DC, A Creative tem projetos ativos em quase 30 países. Desde 1977, funcionou emaproximadamente90 países e em quase todos os continentes. Reconhecido por sua capacidade de trabalhar rapidamente, de forma flexível e eficaz em ambientes afetados por conflitos, A Creative está comprometida em gerar soluções sustentáveis de longo prazo para problemas complexos de desenvolvimento.
A Creative cresceu e se tornou uma das líderes entre os EUA. implementadores do setor privado de projetos de desenvolvimento global. O criativo é propriedade e operado por minorias.
Informando a Ação Regional sobre Prevenção da Violência Juvenil no Caribe
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Postado
Agosto 4, 2020 .
Por
Janey Fugate .
6 minutos de leitura.
Meet our community facilitators in Guatemala
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Postado
Julho 21, 2020 .
Por
Janey Fugate .
2 minutos de leitura.
Community facilitators are the heart of Creative’s Peacebuilding Project in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Trained to work with local communities to identify conflict and propose solutions, these men and women are in the field everyday laying the groundwork for the project’s long term objectives and peace initiatives. The facilitators speak indigenous languages, and many of them grew up in the departments where they’re assigned to work. The project relies on their intimate knowledge of a complex land and its people, many of whom are inheriting generations of violence and historical marginalization, to support these communities as they build resilience. With the escalating pressures of climate change and population growth, identifying and addressing sources of conflict, whether they pertain to natural resources or intrafamily violence, are becoming more and more urgent. For many of them, their work is as personal as it is professional.
“Our commitment is to reach out to the community and sit down with the people, with the authorities, with women, and learn how to unite all these thoughts in the search for their own development and in the resolution of conflict.”
– Marlitt Aguilón
“We break a barrier by speaking the native language… we understand the context and the suffering.”
– Estuardo Aguilón
“We want to achieve the objectives stipulated in the project, so that the conflicts we’ve encountered reach solutions. Not just on paper or in words, but we want to put these solutions into practice for positive results.”
–Olga Cutz
“We don’t work with women because it’s in style. No, because it’s urgent, it’s a necessity. There are women living under oppression.”
– María León
“Huehuetenango was an area badly hit by the conflict. The conflict has already passed, the peace agreements were formed… but the reality of the population has not changed. They remain in the same poverty, continue to suffer from the same mistreatment, underdevelopment and the same marginalization. The worst thing is that they left them a legacy of violence. But we believe we have the opportunity in our hands to change this mentality of violence.”
– Carlos Pinto
“For me this is important first because I am a young indigenous woman who has had opportunities to work and study, and this has motivated me to bring the same for other women and for other young people… when they see another person of the same age they start to get involved and it becomes motivation for them.”
– Mariela Tax
O salvador: A Fábrica Cidadã
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Julho 16, 2020 .
1 minutos de leitura.
Fé, uma padaria e segundas chances para ex-membros de gangue
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Julho 6, 2020 .
1 minutos de leitura.
Linha do tempo: Creative promotes peace and prevents violence
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Junho 17, 2020 .
Violência contra mulheres e meninas e Covid-19 nas terras altas da Guatemala
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Postado
Junho 16, 2020 .
2 minutos de leitura.