Agrocaribe talks to the communities of Puerto Barrios and Morales, Izabal
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Agrocaribe met the community leaders of Puerto Barrios and Morales, Izabal, with the objective of talking with them to give company information and find out about community projects.
At a breakfast organized by Agrocaribe, the mission, vision and company values, its products, palm oil mills, clean energy and social responsibility projects for the workers, the communities and the environment were disclosed. Also, the projects in which each community is working were discussed, with the aim of knowing their initiatives and exchange ideas.
Representatives from the following communities of the municipality of Puerto Barrios participated: Milla 10, Jimeritos, Entre Ríos, Piteros, Suiche III, El Cinchado, Media Luna, San Francisco Vuelta Grande, Las Vegas, Placa I, Manacas, and Quetzalito. From Morales it was attended by representatives of: Champona Línea, Champona Inta, Buena Vista, Cayuga, Campamento Tenedores, Sinaí, Tenedores Línea and Punta de Rieles. Forty community leaders attended from the two municipalities.
“The company has made a great job with the embankment. We have also seen that they give maintenance to the roads", stated the community leader.”.
“We have seen a great improvement in our community with Extractora La Francia. I have two sons that work in the plant and have access to the IGSS, we see improvement not with words, but with deeds. I thank Agrocaribe because they fulfill everything they say, God bless them”.
“We thank Agrocaribe, we are a community vulnerable to natural disasters because we live 200 meters from the river and Agrocaribe has invested several million to protect us”.
