ammado - Public Profile for CRACYP

Organisation Overview

CRACYP is a non profit organisation facilitating forestation and sustainable rural development in an agricultural area of extreme poverty including over 200 communities in the foothills of the Western Andes in Ecuador. CRACYP stands for Rural Forestation and Progress Network Corporation, in Spanish. Our mission is "Progreso Verde" or "Green Progress" - that is, social and economic development, but in a way which protects the environment. We build environmental awareness and motivate and assist local communities to take practical conservation action. Our sustainable development projects help to increase incomes to the point where people are able to think further ahead than the next meal and can afford to care about the environment. CRACYP en español: http://www.ammado.com/Nonprofit/cracypespanol

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News And Articles

20 Aug 2008 21:36 GMT
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Rising steel prices impact on sugar cane farmers
The price of stainless steel has risen around 70% over the last two years in Ecuador. This is bad news for those of our sugar cane farmers in conversion to organic status. They need a quality stainless steel tank (rather than the thinner, cheaper, non-stainless steel versions which rust through) to comply with the organic certification rules. Our small revolving loan fund is now inadequate to cover the costs of the tanks we need. Find out more about CADO ...
19 Aug 2008 08:15 GMT
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Chocolate.....
Ecuador produces some of the world's best cacao (the fruit from which chocolate is made) and you could turn it into chocolate yourself on a farmstays holiday in the foothills of the Andes. Making your own chocolate is always popular with children of all ages and most adults too. It's a popular farmstays activity at CRACYP's rural tourism project on farms in the west of Ecuador. Most ecotourists are delighted to discover that chocolate is a fruit - so it must be good for ...
19 Aug 2008 08:04 GMT
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Galapagos Wildlife Photo Gallery
For armchair travellers or holiday inspiration, take a look at the Galapagos Wildlife Photo Gallery on CRACYP's website. We are hoping that we will soon hear if funding will go ahead for our Galapagos conservation project. The referendum on Ecuador's new constitution is due at the end of September. Once this is over we hope that funding decisions will come out of their current paralysis and that we can open new ...
05 Aug 2008 18:56 GMT
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Media monitors and writers wanted
With so much information from all over the world, it’s increasingly difficult for a small charity like CRACYP to keep abreast of all the news reports on topics that interest our supporters and us. We’re looking for volunteer “media monitors” to keep tabs on a theme of their choice and send us regular news snippets, headlines or even whole articles. Themes could include Ecuador, sustainable rural development, eco-tourism, reforestation, fair trade and the Galapagos Islands, for example. ...
27 Jul 2008 13:20 GMT
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Ecuador's environment to have rights?
Ecuador is currently rewriting its constitution, and there is talk that "nature" will have rights as if it were a person. More information to follow when we find out more details, but this is an encouraging sign. Already it is proposed that citizens of Ecuador should have the civil right to live in a healthy environment, in an eco-system in equilibrium and in harmony with nature. Let's hope that this will turn out to be a step forward for environmental protection. ...