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“Magical villages of Lipez”: tourism led development in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

In the Salar de Uyuni region, 80% of its inhabitants live in poverty, their work opportunities are minimal. Despite being an area popular with tourists.

Farmer Field schools: learning for the future in the fight against hunger in Angola

27 years of war have devastated the agricultural memory of the rural inhabitants of Angola. Parents have been unable to pass on their knowledge to their children, causing them to lack the capacity to effectively cultivate their own fields. 9 out of 10 people go hungry in Huambo (Angola) The war is one of the…

The solitude and isolation of poverty in Ecuador

The objective is simple and complex at the same time: to organize themselves in a group in order to have more bargaining power and to be able to afford better storage for their milk.

The women’s sugarcane cooperative breaking the chains of discrimination

As in many other countries, poverty in Ecuador is greatest in rural areas. In the province of Chimborazo, Canton Cumanda, 90.09% of the rural population is poor.

Support for land property legalisation of small family farms

The threat of land loss is increasingly present throughout Africa. Large international investors have begun a massive land purchase with mining targets or mere speculation, among other objectives. This is causing small farmers to lose the land that they depend on to eat and earn a living to large corporations. In Angola, the Land Act…

Afro-descendant women cacao producers fight against poverty

In Ecuador, the rights of afro-descendant women are systematically violated: their participation in the labor force is reduced by discrimination, their access to property and land is restricted, and their access to basic social services is limited. The situation of Afro-descendant women becomes more dramatic in rural areas, where women perform almost all of the…

A better future for indigenous families, thanks to community-managed rural tourism

Peru offers very attractive places for tourism. It receives thousands of visitors every year attracted by the local natural landscapes and cultural resources. These areas are inhabited by indigenous communities that live in poverty with low levels of human development. For tourists, it is hard to access and contribute economically to these places due to…

A future without exclusion for young people, generating opportunities thanks to training

The development of recent years in Morocco has been concentrated in certain urban regions and has benefitted certain social groups. In particular, young people from the northern regions of the country are limited when accessing employment opportunities, increasing social and economic inequality. The project fights school drop-out rates and the social exclusion of young people…

Increase the income of small farmers by introducing soya

Soya is one of the most nutritionally complete foods. For this reason, it has become a highly important crop in rural areas of the provinces of Huambo and Bié, Angola, characterized by high levels of food insecurity. At CODESPA we are working to improve soya production, distribution, and marketing in six farming cooperatives with over…

Achieving financial and social independence of indigenous women living in rural areas

People living in the Northeast Cauca region in Colombia still suffer the consequences of the ongoing armed conflict, which represents one of the main causes of poverty in the area. The constant vulnerability and lack of production planning and organization particularly affect indigenous women that struggle to sell their handicrafts. For many of them, this…