Micro loans enable women-run businesses in Nepal

The loan I received from Didi Co-operative, which was provided by Community Evolution, has been very helpful to expand my hardware business. After the Covid-19 crisis, due to the lack of cash flow in the market, I was in the stage of closing my business. However, once...

Support local, self-regulated and integrated fisheries businesses led by First Nations communities

The River Select Fisheries Cooperative was incorporated in 2014 to provide market access to sustainable Indigenous salmon fisheries. The Cooperative’s members are not just as fishers, but fishing communities. Their fisheries respect measures around selective fishing...

Female farmers association’s work during pandemic featured in new video

Our partner in Bolivia, Aymara Women Vegetable Producers Association of Achocalla (AFLOPHA), has been featured in Spanish-language video produced by local marketing firm Serpentina Digital. The Association made major innovations in early-2020 when the Covid-19...
Partner in Ecuador hopes to increase wine sales by 25 per cent
Partner in Ecuador hopes to increase wine sales by 25 per cent

The holidays are not the only reason to celebrate this time of the year in Quinticusig, a village of 600 people located 125 kilometres from Quito, capital of Ecuador. December is also the best month to sell their unique wine. Made of mortiños, which are similar to the...

Enseñar ingles para promover el turismo comunitario en Ecuador
Enseñar ingles para promover el turismo comunitario en Ecuador

Uno de los últimos proyectos de desarrollo que desde CEF estamos apoyando consiste en la promoción del turismo comunitario en el cantón de Sigchos, una pequeña región de los Andes Ecuatorianos a unas 40 millas al sudeste de Quito, la capital de Ecuador. Aunque también...

English Instruction for Community-based Tourism in Ecuador
English Instruction for Community-based Tourism in Ecuador

One of the latest development projects CEF is supporting is the promotion of community-based tourism in the canton of Sigchos – a small region located in the Ecuadorian Andes and around 40 miles South-West of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Although very remote,...