Fundación Tropicalia, under the scope of PRyME (School Renovation and Maintenance Program) ended the year by helping La Culebra educational center undergo a physical transformation

Under the scope of the USAID/REDDOM project for agricultural diversification and food security in Miches, Fundación Tropicalia has taken the final steps to bring this project to a close by working closely with the Agricultural Association of La Esperanza.

This month Fundación Tropicalia hosted specialized workshops for the associations of agricultural producers Juan Pablo Duarte and La Esperanza, two organizations working with Fundación Tropicalia and USAID/RED in the greenhouse initiative in Miches.

During the last few months Fundación Tropicalia has been hard at work with its partners USAID and REDDOM on an agricultural diversification project that aims to promote food security and sustainable cultivation practices in Miches.

Fundación Tropicalia, under the scope of the USAID/REDDOM project, inaugurated Camp Miches Saludable, a one-week summer camp designed to educate children regarding healthy food choices, organic farming and exercise. Thirty eight campers ages 13-18, from the communities La Mina, La Gina and La Culebra, participated in workshops on health, hygiene, organic agriculture and healthy eating, among others.

This month Fundación Tropicalia, under the scope of the USAID/REDDOM project, together with the Agricultural Producers Association Juan Pablo Duarte of the La Gina community, have taken the first steps toward constructing two 600 square metered greenhouses, destined to produce between one and two new vegetable and/or herb crops in the area.

In the third week of September two workshops on Healthy Eating and were held for 60 wives and mothers of the communities benefited by the Agricultural Diversification Project for economic development, food security and local supply in the Municipality of Miches, El Seibo Province. This project is led by Fundación Tropicalia, REDDOM and USAID, and works in the La Gina, La Culebra and La Mina communities.

Every year Fundación Tropicalia hosts a baseball tournament for the local youth leagues of the Miches community.

Every year Artemiches, the most important culture and arts NGO in the region, celebrates and organizes La Semana Cultural de Miches.

Fundación Tropicalia celebrates its second graduation ceremony for the students of the Adult Literacy Program, designed for the workers and spouses of Estancia La Querencia.

The Cisneros and Tropicalia Foundations are pleased to announce the completion of the current phase of successfully implementing the Piensa en arte education platform in the 12-04 school district in Miches.

The Dominican National Police and Fundación Tropicalia are proud to celebrate the inauguration of the National Police precinct ‘General Eugenio Miches’.

SANTIAGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Fundación Tropicalia and Fundación Cisneros participated in the sixth annual Regional Forum on New Technologies for Virtual Educa Caribe, organized by FUNGLODE.

Luis Camnitzer, Pedagogical Advisor for the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Piensa en Arte/Think Art, made his second visit to Miches to meet with teachers from the region.

The Fundación Tropicalia paid a visit to the Universidad ISA to visit Wilkin, Manuel and Marcia, the three Miches students who received FT-ISA scholarships last year and tour ISA’s campus.

MICHES, Dominican Republic – This month, the Fundación Tropicalia celebrated the 3rd anniversary of its School Renovation and Maintenance Program (PRyME), where it honored many of the achievements acquired throughout its short existence.

MICHES, Dominican Republic – By the end of last year, Fundación Tropicalia’s School Recovery and Maintenance Program (Programa Recuperación y Mantenimiento de Escuelas – PRyME) had benefited ten schools in terms of infrastructure improvement and maintenance thanks to the support of the communities who took ownership of their schools and worked to improve them.