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Community, investment

and sustainability

By Yanio Ciromin Concepción

A Cooperative as a socio-economic doctrine promotes the organization of people to
satisfy their needs together. One of its principles explicitly envisions the commitment to
the community, which seeks to work for a sustainable development of society through
policies accepted by its members.

Communities are the setting par excellence to Community leadership training
undertake investment initiatives that guarantee Each community is organized with a leadership
improvements in both the environment and people’s structure, composed of leaders formed by Vega Real,
quality of life. Community Leadership Training to manage and
channel the communities’ economic, social, educational,
Cooperative Vega Real plans strategies and actions to environmental, cultural and sports health needs.
address effective solutions to the community’s social
concerns. It has a community investment of an average The cooperative has 9,708 registered leaders
annual figure of US$ 1,552,188.90 to mitigate the impact distributed in 809 communities, directly serving
on economic, educational, social and environmental 105, 997 people.
development, reaching 809 communities.
Associative development
With technical-labor training and entrepreneurship,
1,552,188.90 people are given the opportunity to design and
1,411,188.64 implement projects, providing them with the support to
ensure economic and social feasibility.
1,280,295.74

1,136,422.66 Every year people from different communities gain
endorsement from Infotep, local universities and other
1,009,120.18 national educational institutions.

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Courses are focused on basic tasks for the rapid and
practical development of communities, such as: pastry;
_*_ US$ hairdressing; sewing; floristry; make-up and beauty;

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