Projects
México
- Kabi’tah S.C.
- Selva Lacandona S.S.S.
- Despertar Maya A.C. et Mieles del Sur S.C.
- MISOCA A.C. et CAPIM S.C.
Guatemala
- Guaya’b A.C.
- Santa Maria de Nebaj S.C.
- Asdinapunp A.C.
Miel Maya Honing contributes to the sustainable economic social and environmental development of bee-keeping businesses who are working for ‘public utility’ in marginalised rural communities.
Location: Mexico and Central America, as well as some African countries as of 2011.
Total no. of people benefitting from the project: 1000 bee-keepers, over 5000 including their families.
Aims of the project
- To encourage growth and diversification of the bee-keeping process
- To help producers and their families improve their marketing and economic development
- To provide democratic support for bee-keeping organisations, and increase the range of services available to members, particularly to those producers who are most marginalised i.e. women and young people
- To develop the organisation’s ‘public utility’ as a purpose of the social economy
Funding
Direction Générale de la Coopération au Développement (federal level), Maya Fair Trade scrlfs, l’Agence belge de développement (ex-Coopération Technique Belge), l’opération 11.11.11 (CNCD), l’Espace Wallonie-Bruxelles, la Province du Brabant Flamand, la Province de Liège, la Fondation t’Serstevens, la Boutique Tiers-Monde de Luxembourg, as well as contributions from private donors.
Miel Maya Honing asbl is authorized to issue tax certification for annual donations of €30 or more (one off payment, or installments of €2.50 per month.)
Bank Account No. :
IBAN BE91 3400 6533 3376
BIC : BBRUBEBB