2013 Chorti Report

 First Report: Project: “Improving Food Security of Chortí and Xinka Indigenous Families, in the Region of Copan Ruinas, Honduras and Jalapa Guatemala. 1 I.
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GENERAL DATA Organization´s name: CIDECPA Country: Guatemala Total Project Cost: Canadian $17,000.00 Project start date: February 1, 2013 Project end date: Jenuary 31, 2014 Responsible of the repot: Floridalma López EXECUTION REPORT Description of results obtained, activities carried out during the period informed and the mechanisms of execution. Between February 1st to the 5th the agreement between World Neighbours Canada Society and Centro Integral de Educación Científica, Patzún –CIDECPA to implement the project “Mejorando la Seguridad Alimentaria de las Mujeres y Familias Xinkas en Guatemala y Chortís en Honduras”. (improving food security of women and Xinka families in Guatemala and Chorti in Honduras) was signed. After signing the agreement, visits to coordinate, socialize and sign agreement between CIDECPA and CONIMCHH (Consejo Nacional Indígena Maya Chortí Honduras)(Honduran Nacional Indigenous Maya Chortí Counel) y AMISMAXAJ (Asociación de Mujeres Indígenas de Santa María Xalapán Jalapa) (Association of indigenous women from Santa María Xalapán Jalapa) were carried out. During this visits, CONIMCHH and AMISMAXAJ’s responsibilites to CIDECPA were established. To implement the Project, CIDECPA has received the following transactions: DATE $ CANADIAN 11/02/2013 8,000 03/02/2013 8,000 TOTAL 16,000.00 Exchange Rate 1.0233 1.0330 $ USA 7,818.84 7,744.43 15,562.27 Exchange Rate Local Currency 7.73 Q60,470.04 7.65 Q59,282.42 Q 119,752.46 On March 26th 50% of the assigned funds were transferred to the two organizations: ORGANIZATI
ON CONIMCHH AMISMAXAJ DATE 26/03/2013 26/03/2013 $ CANADIAN 3,368 2 Exchange Exchange Local Rate $ USA Rate Currency 1.0233 3,291.31 19.13 L 62,946.35 Q 18,330.00 With the funds transferred to the organizations the following activities were carried out. 2. ACHIEVEMENT OF RESULTS RESULTS ACTIVITIES MEANS OF VERIFICATION R.1 At the end of the
Project, 88 families
have improved their
capability to raise free
range chicken using
the “Pase de Cadena”
technique During 4 work visits the Project
was socialized to 4 indigenous
communities, among them:
Nueva San Isidro, San Rafael,
Corralito villages of Copan
Ruinas and El Bonete village of
Santa Rita, With these
socializations the communities
learned about the responsibilities
and duties in the execution of the
project.
4 indigenous communities were
supplied with 176 hens and 44
roosters (220 birds): 55 birds per
village benefiting 44 indigenous
families.
44 families of 4 communities’
Technical and operative
capability on production of low
cost, homemade blends of feed
for the chicken was improved.
The birds in San Rafael and San
Isidro were vaccinated
During a training workshop presented by Chorti women, 4 women in Copan Ruins, Honduras were trained in production of food for the birds, vaccination, and the “pase de cadena techniques in raising free range chicken. 3 List of participants
Pictures R. 2 At the end of the
Project, 25 families
effectively use
improved stoves.
R. 3: At the end of the
Project, 2 women’s
groups have reached
the capability of
buying and selling
corn at the market
under the concept of
market solidarity.
R. 4 at the end of the
Project, a focal group
from the AMISMAXAJ
organization will
facilitate a school for
healing and
transformation of
fears of the Chorti
women from
Honduras
Price checking, buying, and Pictures and corn sales transporting the silos 30 bushels records at the organic corn in Xalapan to community level. promote solidary market. A Committee in charge of conservation and selling in the communities of La Fuente and Tierra Blanca has been organized. The sells will start in the months of July, august and September which is when the families run out of their feeding capability. Conditions for coordinating the women’s training at the feminist school for healing and transformation of fear were created. This training will take place from July 22nd to the 26th of 2013. 4 3. STATE OF EXPENSES ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET No. ACTIVITIES MAYA CHORTI WOMEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EXECUTED BALANCE 3056 2568 488.00 1736 00.00 1736 833 187 646 Costs of chickens, vaccination and making homemade chicken feed plus trainer’s wages Material costs of stove plus trainer’s wages. Mobilization and implementation expenses for trainers. Expenses of the visit to the Xinka training school for the healing and transformation by Chorti women. 1111 00.00 1111 Field Monitoring Costs. XINKA WOMEN Material costs of chickens, vaccination and making homemade chicken feed plus trainer’s wages. Mobilization and implementation expenses. Corn purchasing Purchase of the silo for corn. 1665 626 1039 3056 00.00 3056 836 542 167 248 542 167 588 00 00. 556 1110 292 2040 17,000 453 278 00 456 5460 103 832 292 1584 11540 Expenses for the visit of Xinka women to the Maya Chortí community. Field Monitoring Costs REPORTING Coordination and reporting ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES financial and legal expenses 13 14 Accounting services TOTAL 10 11 12 BUDGETED 4. OBSERVATIONS a) In Jalapa the organizing activities and that of the Project were delayed the whole month of May and the first two weeks of June due to the territorial issue with the "state of siege" declared in the region due to the indigenous communities’ position against mining projects. 5 b) In Copan Ruins, there is a lack of political willingness from the local government to open up to implementing processes for productive development in the communities. c) Due to the inflection rate that both countries are experiencing, there was a need to reduce the number of Xinka women participants in the experience Exchange from 10 originally planned to 4. Same for the Healing and Transformation of fear school from 20 participants originally planned the number was reduced to 10 participants. Both groups replicated what they learn in their communities. 5. RECOMENDATIONS AND LECCIONS LEARNED a) Continue with the collective coordination meeting at least once a month, to review the actions of the project and make decisions to implement the organizational agreements and the progress of achievements. b) Have a monitoring tool for the community groups. 6. CONTINUING ACTIONS a) The Xinka women will start the free range chicken project with the construction of the chicken coop, the delivery of the chicken, vaccinations, production of the natural feed for the chicken and monitoring. They will also sell corn at the community level in the months of July, August, and September. b) The Chorti women will attend the Feminist school for the healing and transformation of fear. c) The visit from the World Nieghbours Canadá committee and Osoyos Indian Band to the communities benefiting from the projects in Santa Maria Xalapán y Copán Ruinas will be organized. 6 7. ANEXO WOMEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CORN PROJECT No. NAME AND LAST NAME POSITION COMMUNITY 1. Florinda Cisneros Coordinator Tierra Blanca 2. María Dolores Carrillo Tierra Blanca 3. María Jiménez Secretary Coordinator 4. Bernarda López Secretary La Fuente La Fuente LIST OF BENEFICIARIES CHICKENS PROJECT IN COPAN RUINAS, HONDURAS. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NAME AND LASTNAME Teodora Gutiérrez Blanca Estela Ramírez María Nicolasa Hernández Margarita Cruz Dominga García Anastasia Canan Elvira García Ángela Díaz Hernández Eulalia Ramos Mercedes Díaz María Adela Ramirez Felipa García Marleni Suyapa Acsume Elsa Marina Lope Elida Marleni Ramirez Lucia Ramirez Rosa Elena Ramos Francisca Méndez Reyna Isabel Honradez Yanira Peña Melida Arias Amador Rosa Elena Ramos María Magdalena Perez Rosa Elena Guerra Nueva San Isidro, Copan Ruinas Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro Nueva San Isidro El Bonete, Copan Ruinas El Bonete El Bonete El Bonete El Bonete El Bonete El Bonete El Bonete El Bonete El Bonete El Bonete Corralito, Copan Ruinas Corralito 7 COMMUNITY 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Erika Argentina Ramirez Adelina León Cayetana López Amparo García Gloria Esther Vázquez María Elena Gutiérrez María Balbina García Santos López Gregoria Gutiérrez María Magdalena López Jerónima Díaz María Josefa Recinos Norma Maribel Díaz Lilian Margarita Díaz Suyapa Rivera Candelaria Vásquez Francisca Rivera Nery Rivera Marina Nájera María Angélica Martínez Corralito Corralito Corralito Corralito Corralito Corralito Corralito Corralito Corralito San Rafael, Copán Ruinas San Rafael San Rafael San Rafael San Rafael San Rafael San Rafael San Rafael San Rafael San Rafael San Rafael 8 PICTURES The chicken coop, built with local resources in Nueva San Isidro Production of Natural feed for the chicken 9 Vaccinating chicken Nueva San Rafael Invocation by Xinka women during a visit to Chorti women 10