Alstom Foundation announces a new grant for the "Mayan Guardians of the Melipona Bee" project for economic empowerment and sustainability in the Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico, Feb. 14 -- The Alstom Foundation, in partnership with Fundacion Por una Nueva Solucion (Educampo), proudly announces its support for project "Mayan Guardians of the Melipona Bee: Empowerment and Sustainable Economic Reactivation," an initiative that seeks to transform the lives of 200 rural and indigenous women in Campeche and Yucatan by promoting bee farming as a sustainable productive activity.The main objective of this project is to strengthen the leadership and active participation of women in their communities through the production, processing and marketing of products derived from melipona honey, a species endemic to the region that has great environmental and cultural value.A comprehensive empowerment modelSince its inceptio...
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