This weekend I had the opportunity to share some time with Vanessa Siezar ILEAP fellow of the generation of 2011 and so she is my ILEAP sister. After recalling crucial aspects of the program could not help but be filled with emotion when she told me how much people had impacted my words when I [...]
Our people need to promote changes that will allow them to evolve and develop for the benefit and common good. These changes can only be made when leaders who can lead struggles to forge changes in attitudes and a positive influence on people, so that together will achieve objectives and goals for the benefit of [...]
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Bees always have delighted us with her delicious honey. The ancient Egyptians, the Caesars and our ancestors in Central America took advantage of a delicious honey as food and as a medicinal product. Beekeeping is now for the poor population and unemployed an alternative self-employment, but it is also a way to contribute to the [...]
The cooperative movement since its inception is based on values of mutual help, responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. It also defends the ethical values of honesty, transparency, social responsibility and concern for others. Through cooperation and solidarity between people, can create and develop successful businesses in an environment of mutual collaboration.In several countries the [...]
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I am Águeda Ordeñana Avendaño, Nicaraguan by the grace of God. I am an agricultural engineer, with a specialization in Rural Eco-Sustainable Development and Nutritional Food Security. I work in the Union Cooperative of Tierra Nueva, which is formed by eight agricultural co-ops that include a total of 604 small producers of coffee and honey [...]
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The world we live in is full of problems and complications and most of the people who inhabit it are doing little to help overcome this situation. Every day we see in the media a large number of people, mostly children dying from starvation, parasitic diseases, malnutrition, etc.. Why? Lack of income enabling them to [...]
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The iLEAP program is great, I thank God for this opportunity. I am sure that through the program will establish partnerships and networks with other organizations in America, Asia and Africa to find solutions to common problems. Thank you iLEAP for this opportunity
Hello, Iam Agueda ordeñana, I am from Nicaragua. Iam in Seattle, in Ileap International fellowship international program. This is a unique experience to strengthen the personals abilities and skill . Thank You
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