Babassu Coconut Breakers Project
The Vale Foundation, with its extensive experience in strengthening public policies, established a partnership with Vale in the company’s commitment to support the movement of 500,000 people out of situations of extreme poverty by 2030. The Babassu Coconut Breakers Project is one of the Vale Foundation initiatives promoted with this objective. Conducted in partnership with Mandú Inovação Social, it has resources from Wheaton Precious Metals and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) via the Socio-Environmental Fund.
The project focuses on Multidimensional Family Monitoring and community entrepreneurship with the aim of contributing to improving the living conditions and to valuing the craft of babassu coconut breakers in the state of Maranhão. It involves groups of coconut breakers from seven municipalities in Maranhão: Alto Alegre do Pindaré, Vitória do Mearim, Santa Inês, Igarapé do Meio, Pindaré Mirim, Tufilândia and Monção.
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