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AgroAmerica Fights Poverty And Malnutrition In Guatemala Through The Food Bank

AgroAmerica Fights Poverty And Malnutrition In Guatemala Through The Food Bank

Guatemala, January, 2013. Agroamerica as part of its Social Corporate Responsibility Program has joined the Food Bank of Guatemala -BAG-(for its initials in Spanish) to distribute food in the Department of Quetzaltenango and other areas of the country, which have been given priority because of its high rates of poverty and malnutrition.

For several years, Agroamerica has had food security programs in the communities close to their operations, such as “Familias Felices”, Nutritional Reinforcement with Bananas, medical event days, and others, to fight poverty and hunger in the South West Coast of Guatemala. This year, Agroamerica, became member of the Food Bank of Guatemala -BAG- and donated ten thousand dollars that will be used to buy food bags to be distributed in Quetzaltenango and other departments of the country.

“Contributing to BAG, we help make a positive impact in the communities close to our operations and achieve two of the Millennium Development Goals: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, and reduce infant mortality”, stated Bernardo Roehrs, Corporate Director of Agroamerica.

BAG is a nonprofit institution that collects food since 2006, with the support of the food industry companies, in order to distribute them in communities of extreme poverty, that are organized and don’t have the necessary resources to have adequate food.

Edgar Estrada, Executive Director of BAG, comments that it is important for private companies to support this type of associations and to care about social issues that help improve the living standards of rural communities in need, because “food and education are the key components to the development of a country”, points Estrada.

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The AgroAmerica Credit Union “Mi Gente” Benefits From The Visit Of The Credit And Savings Union San Jose Obrero

The AgroAmerica Credit Union “Mi Gente” Benefits From The Visit Of The Credit And Savings Union San Jose Obrero

Guatemala, January, 2013. The Agroamerica Savings and Credit Union “Mi Gente”, promotes the welfare and improvement of living conditions of the associated workers and their families on the south coast of the country. Among the benefits it gives, is the ease of acquiring very low cost financing for housing, land, cars, appliances and others. It also has a savings program and posthumous assistance.

In order to improve services, union practices, and exchange Corporate Social Responsibility-CSR- experiences, the representatives of the Savings and Integral Credit Union San Jose Obrero-COOSAJO- experts in innovative financial solutions, through a professional and personalized service, were invited.

The group made a tour through the banana packing plant to see the banana process and visited the community of San José Mogollon, to be acquainted with Agroamerica’s CSR programs and dialogue with community leaders.

Antonio Aldana, General Manager of COOSAJO thanked Bernardo Roehrs, Corporate Director of Agroamerica, for the opportunity of this mutually beneficial exchange: “Thank you for sharing with us these good CSR practices, you are an exemplary company and we know that we will learn a lot with this activity”, commented Aldana.

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Prevenir la desnutrición

AgroAmerica Benefited More Than 20,000 Malnourished Families

AgroAmerica Benefited More Than 20,000 Malnourished Families.

Guatemala, January 2013. Agroamerica, in partnership with the Guatemalan Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition -SESAN- (for its initials in Spanish), carried out the “Nutritional Reinforcement with Bananas” Project to prevent acute malnutrition in ten municipalities of San Marcos and one of Quetzaltenango, which have been given priority by the government because of their high rates of malnutrition. The communities benefited were: Sibinal, San Pablo, Malacatán, Nuevo Progreso, San José Ojetenam, San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta, Comitancillo, San Marcos, San Pedro Sacatepéquez, El Quetzal, and Coatepeque.

Agroamerica donated 650,000 bananas to more than 20,000 families, the School Boards of 220 public schools for the food snack program, 3 Nutritional Recovery Centers and 23 community homes. Also 250 q were donated to people in shelters affected by the earthquake.

SESAN trained the beneficiaries on the different forms for preparing and consuming the banana and its nutritional properties.

Luis Enrique Monterroso, secretary of SESAN, Luis Rivera, departmental governor of San Marcos, Bernardo Roehrs, corporate director of Agroamerica, and municipal and communal authorities participated in the delivery of the fruit during the last three months.

Bernardo Roehrs stated: “The productive sector has always wanted to promote initiatives such as these. One of the pillars in Agroamerica is empowerment and community development, and with this project focused on reducing malnutrition, we helped the benefited communities.”

Yanira Fuentes del Valle, housewife of Sibinal, said: “This is a good project because the banana is a very nutritious fruit. The trainings helped us learn make different recipes with the bananas”.

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