Help train 11 young women in beekeeping in Mexico

Summary

This project provides training and facilities for 11 Mayan women in Mexico to become beekeepers and sell honey to hotels in Cancun. It also helps protect the endangered Melipona Becheii bee.

Received £146 from 5 donations from people around the world like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The project helps to protect a rare and endangered species of native bee, the Melipona Becheii, currently dying out as a result of deforestation and other factors. It is responsible for the pollination of between 30-50% of Central American flora and fauna. The project also offers sustainable livelihoods to young, unemployed Mayan women living in poor communities, giving fresh hope for the future.

Activities

Building of bee boxes, training and capacity building of women (training in hive construction, site selection, harvesting, honey & wax processing, packaging, marketing, business skills and value-added production) and planting of flora fauna.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Travel Foundation Website (http://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk/who_we_are.asp)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will help save the Melipona bee from extinction, encourage traditional beekeeping skills and repopulation of an important bee species. It will offer sustainable livelihoods for 11 Mayan women currently living in poverty.

Project Message

Meliponiculture is a good activity which allows us to keep our role as mothers, becoming active members of our community & helping with home expenses.We want to keep growing, on behalf of our family.
- Adelaida Puuc, Member of Melipona Honey Group from Benito Juarez

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jane Coles,
Communications Manager
The Travel Foundation
The Create Centre, Smeaton Road
Bristol, England BS1 6XN
United Kingdom
01179273049
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Travel Foundation

Organisation

The Travel Foundation
The CREATE Centre Smeaton Road
Bristol, England BS1 6XN
United Kingdom
0117 927 3049
http://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk

Learn more about The Travel Foundation and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Mexico and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 06, 2008.

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