[HNA] Seeking Spanish interpreter for Salvadoran speaker tour

[Brian O'Connell]

Please forward...

Equal
Exchange, a worker-owned cooperative that imports fair trade products from
around the world (www.equalexchange.coop)
is seeking an experienced Spanish/English interpreter
for a speaking tour with a representative from Las Colinas Coffee Cooperative
in El Salvador. His name is Pedro Ascencio
and he will be here on the tour from Monday,
September 13 through Sunday, September 19. The speaking engagements will
be with various Interfaith, retail, university, and café locations in Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.

 

The
translator will be fairly compensated for their work. If you are interested
please inquire with Peter Buck @ 774-776-7414, pbuck at equalexchange.coop. Peter will be away until August 23rd, but will respond to
messages and emails on his return.

 

Las
Colinas Cooperative has a very inspirational story (see text below). You can
also read about some of the innovative sustainability projects that they are
doing here: http://smallfarmersbigchange.coop/2010/02/15/2786/
Profile
  of Las Colinas in E Salvador
   
  The
  Las Colinas co-operative in El Salvador is collectively farmed and managed on
  the site of an old coffee plantation. The agrarian reform of 1980
  redistributed land throughout El Salvador from the hands of large-scale
  coffee growers into the hands of coffee pickers and laborers alike. But,
  exorbitant interest rates on the loans used to purchase the land came at a
  high cost and today the producers still struggle to finance their debt and
  stay on their land. Equal Exchange is supporting the co-op members' endeavors
  by purchasing the majority of their coffee crop. We're working with Las
  Colinas to readjust their debt and find alternative ways to improve their
  finances. 

  

  The war of the 1980s also had a devastating effect on the natural environment
  due to widespread deforestation. Las Colinas is located near the border of
  Guatemala and forms part of the buffer zone for El Imposible National Park,
  habitat to endangered pumas, emerald toucans, and fresh waterfalls. Las
  Colinas has taken steps to preserve their natural resources; they recently
  converted their coffee to organic and have invested in eco-depulpers to
  reduce the amount of water they use during processing. 



 


 		 	   		  
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