“Sowing a Dream” – TELEFOOD – Special Funds Project of the FAO / “YASY” Producers’ Committee of Villa Hayes

The Project to Strengthen the Entrepreneurial Skills of the Committee was born of a group of women who began to produce vegetables using organic methods in a 4 m x 5 m plot in Centro Melodía’s yard.  They had the support of the Solidarity Gardens Project, PRODECHACO, the Municipality of Villa Hayes, the Government of the Department of President Hayes, the “San Francisco” Agricultural School, SNPP, MAG and Peace Corps, among others, and formed their Committee in 2005.

The TELEFOOD Program will contribute inputs, equipment and seeds to strengthen production, and materials to build a place to sell products, totaling the sum of US$ 10,000.

The Committee’s producers will participate in the Enterprising Women’s Program to be developed jointly between the Paraguayan Foundation and the Centro Cultural Melodía, with the support of the Avina Foundation.

FICHA TÉCNICA:

Proyectos TELEFOOD – FAO en Paraguay

Project´s name:
"Sowing a Dream"

Beneficiarias:
Comité de Productoras “Yasy” – 20 familias

Coordinadora del Comité:
Sra. Casilda de Pinho

Localidad:
Villa Hayes – Presidente Hayes – Chaco

Proyectistas
Sra. Isabel de Zelada – Arq. Paloma Fabio

Entidad Co-Financiadora:
Centro Cultural Melodía – Villa Hayes

Entidades Colaboradoras:
Municipalidad de Villa Hayes, DEAG – MAG / Ing. Soledad Martinez – Escuela Agrícola San Francisco  y Proyecto de Mujeres Emprendedoras de la Fundación Paraguaya