FORD
ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS

CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

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Contributing to a better world has always been one of the main values at Ford, and the commitment to sustainability is a vital element of our company essence.

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Contributing to a better world has always been one of the main values at Ford, and the commitment to sustainability is a vital element of our company essence.

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With this social responsibility program, Ford aims to empower communities towards a more sustainable future, by encouraging the multiplication of collective efforts that serve as catalysts for changes to achieve a better future for the planet.

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Since its establishment in 2001, the Ford Environmental Grants program has contributed with more than 2 million dollars to hundreds of enviromental projects in Central America and the Caribbean.

If you have an environmental project in Puerto Rico, Panamá, Costa Rica or Dominican Republic that needs a boost to continue its development, we invite you to learn more about our program.

WINNERS

Puerto Rico

Centro Comunitario para la Conservación Costera y la Educación Ambiental

The objective of this project is to empower community groups from the four coastal regions of Puerto Rico to take concrete actions to educate the most vulnerable communities by developing a plan for environmental care. In addition, it proposes increasing the availability of native and endemic trees and plants that support and multiply conservation efforts.

Costa Rica

Fortalecimiento del grupo de productores orgánicos del CACPROSA

Project that will boost the production, consumption and promotion of organic products in Costa Rica to contribute to food security and safeguard family welfare and environmentally responsible economy, by increasing production capacity, improving the work team and strategies, and establishing the minimum tillage system to increase the planting area.

Panama

Cultura 0: un modelo de gestión circular de residuos urbanos en el Centro Histórico de Panamá

The project seeks to adapt a piece of land that is at its disposal to transform it into a collection center that will reduce solid waste that ends up in landfills at the intra-urban level, while empowering people to turn into raw materials the recovered waste and reused it at the local level.

Dominican Republic

Terminación Primera Fase Centro Ecoturístico y de Educación Ambiental Cuesta Colorada

The project seeks to improve the living conditions of the families of the Cuesta Colorada community in the buffer zone of the Loma Guaconejo Scientific Reserve by encouraging and promoting ecotourism activities in the area through the construction of an ecotourism and environmental education center to raise the levels of awareness and respect for the region’s natural resources.

Costa Rica

Lanzamiento del proyecto aprovechamiento y comercialización de las almendras de montaña en el país

It consists of creating awareness of the project for the use and commercialization of mountain almonds so that people can use the fruit and not the wood from the tree. It also includes the establishment of nurseries and reforestation of the almond trees, a species that is banned in the country because of its importance in the feeding and nesting of the macaw, an endangered bird.

Puerto Rico

Brindando agua limpia al centro de Puerto Rico

Through this project, for the first time in decades, drinkable, potable water will be provided to communities in the towns in the center of the island of Puerto Rico through off-grid water filtration devices. This is one of the areas with the greatest need for clean water in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico

El mar comienza en las montañas

This project is focused on educating the community about the presence of sea turtles, their habitat, and their importance, by promoting citizen participation to strengthen and save the coastal shore and reefs as a collective, directed, and constant effort.

Panama

Apicultura Ecológica

The project focuses on developing sustainable production, promoting the collection of high quality organic bee products and the conservation of bees and their habitat, and contributing to socio economic development by expanding honey reproduction and training more people to establish new beekeeping projects in the province.

Puerto Rico

De la Playa al Laboratorio, taller de calidad de agua

This project’s main goal is to collaborate with the Water Quality Program of the Isla Verde Reef Marine Reserve to increase the reach in the distribution of knowledge on how to establish and operate a water quality program in communities near bodies of water.

Puerto Rico

Remora – Brindando agua limpia al centro de Puerto Rico

Through this project, for the first time in decades, drinkable, potable water will be provided to communities in the towns in the center of the island of Puerto Rico through off-grid water filtration devices. This being one of the areas with the greatest need for clean water in Puerto Rico.

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Costa Rica

Educación ambiental y agricultura regenerativa como respuesta para el desarrollo sostenible en tiempos de COVID-19

The project has transformed environmental education, not only for boys and girls, but also for adults. It works with environmental groups through virtual workshops and environmental challenges, raising awareness about the relationship between humans and the environment, climate change and how to build resilience in the midst of these difficult times.

Puerto Rico

Centro Comunitario para la Conservación Costera y la Educación Ambiental

The objective of this project is to empower community groups from the four coastal regions of Puerto Rico to take concrete actions to educate the most vulnerable communities by developing a plan for environmental care. In addition, it proposes increasing the availability of native and endemic trees and plants that support and multiply conservation efforts.

Costa Rica

Fortalecimiento del grupo de productores orgánicos del CACPROSA

Project that will boost the production, consumption and promotion of organic products in Costa Rica to contribute to food security and safeguard family welfare and environmentally responsible economy, by increasing production capacity, improving the work team and strategies, and establishing the minimum tillage system to increase the planting area.

Panama

Cultura 0: un modelo de gestión circular de residuos urbanos en el Centro Histórico de Panamá

The project seeks to adapt a piece of land that is at its disposal to transform it into a collection center that will reduce solid waste that ends up in landfills at the intra-urban level, while empowering people to turn into raw materials the recovered waste and reused it at the local level.

Dominican Republic

Terminación Primera Fase Centro Ecoturístico y de Educación Ambiental Cuesta Colorada

The project seeks to improve the living conditions of the families of the Cuesta Colorada community in the buffer zone of the Loma Guaconejo Scientific Reserve by encouraging and promoting ecotourism activities in the area through the construction of an ecotourism and environmental education center to raise the levels of awareness and respect for the region’s natural resources.

Costa Rica

Lanzamiento del proyecto aprovechamiento y comercialización de las almendras de montaña en el país

It consists of creating awareness of the project for the use and commercialization of mountain almonds so that people can use the fruit and not the wood from the tree. It also includes the establishment of nurseries and reforestation of the almond trees, a species that is banned in the country because of its importance in the feeding and nesting of the macaw, an endangered bird.

Puerto Rico

Brindando agua limpia al centro de Puerto Rico

Through this project, for the first time in decades, drinkable, potable water will be provided to communities in the towns in the center of the island of Puerto Rico through off-grid water filtration devices. This is one of the areas with the greatest need for clean water in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico

El mar comienza en las montañas

This project is focused on educating the community about the presence of sea turtles, their habitat, and their importance, by promoting citizen participation to strengthen and save the coastal shore and reefs as a collective, directed, and constant effort.

Panama

Apicultura Ecológica

The project focuses on developing sustainable production, promoting the collection of high quality organic bee products and the conservation of bees and their habitat, and contributing to socio economic development by expanding honey reproduction and training more people to establish new beekeeping projects in the province.

Puerto Rico

De la Playa al Laboratorio, taller de calidad de agua

This project’s main goal is to collaborate with the Water Quality Program of the Isla Verde Reef Marine Reserve to increase the reach in the distribution of knowledge on how to establish and operate a water quality program in communities near bodies of water.

Puerto Rico

Remora – Brindando agua limpia al centro de Puerto Rico

Through this project, for the first time in decades, drinkable, potable water will be provided to communities in the towns in the center of the island of Puerto Rico through off-grid water filtration devices. This being one of the areas with the greatest need for clean water in Puerto Rico.

Panama

Parque Botánico Panamá

Project focused on increasing the collection of rescued native flora, promoting the collaboration of rural communities and protected areas through educational programs. Like herbariums (dry plant collections), the samples are used as a reference for numerous scientific studies on biodiversity.

Panama

Centro de articulación científico y conservación comunitaria de biodiversidad, Coclé, Cerro La Vieja

The project seeks to adapt the Jujuná biological station and convert it into a small scientific articulation center for community conservation of biodiversity in the community of Chiguiri Arriba (Cerro La Vieja, Coclé) through the calculation of ecosystem values ​​and biological diversity uses, promoting the sustainable development of rural communities at risk as a measure to mitigate the loss of ecosystems and social stigmas based on misinformation through a permanent space.

Costa Rica

Fortalecimiento de pequeños productores mediante agricultura de precisión en la Región Chorotega

This project consists of strengthening the productive systems of small and medium-sized producers in the Chorotega region, through the support of the EARTH University Center for Precision Agriculture, to strengthen local markets and improve the quality of life of the agricultural producers.