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We see quality of life increase while poverty diminishes as communities are collectively edified applying alternative resources through solidarity and harmonious stewardship for the environment, achieved by working together with public and private institutions.

Mission

The Foundation defines it’s institutional mission in lines of action that foment positive change in living conditions in disenfranchised populations, promoting the widest possible participation by society in the use of alternative energies to better the quality of life as a manifestation of social and economic justice.

Primary Goal

Improve the quality of life en rural, urban and peri-urban areas by implementing practices that achieve social and economic justice through the efficient utilization of resources, appropriate technologies and alternative energies to achieve sustainable development in Bolivia and South America as a poverty reduction and environmental strategy.

Secondary Goals

*Foment community based micro enterprises especially related to gender and children, to improve the economic conditions of people in specific areas of interest.

*Provide social and technical assistance to other organizations to help them achieve solid management, while preserving the ecology.

*Promote the micro businessman, farmer and or craftsman, their families and rural communities to help them better their lives, homes and communities through holistic sustainable activities.

*Provide advice and training to empower women and children in sustainability.

Activities

*Provide consultations, training courses, workshops and conferences to different interest levels, including elaborating didactical and pedagogical materials related to holistic and sustainable development.

*Promote and commercialize products developed by craftsmen and micro businesses.

*Develop and coordinate activities and mutual cooperation with national and international organizations having similar goals.

Lines of Action

- PROALDE - Dehydrated Food Products Program,

- Ecological Cooking Systems Program,

- The Center for Development in Alternative Technologies

- Courses and training workshops

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