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    The Alliance for Cultural & Economic Exchange
 
Now Scheduled:

2008 Rainforest Chocolate from Bean to Bar
Journey to the Rainforest & Highlands of Ecuador
June 5 to 17, 2008

Optional Add-On: Galapagos Islands!
May 30 to June 5


Nina is one of many children who live in the rainforest communities where world-class cacao is sustainably grown.
Her family and community benefit from our development projects in Ecuador. Here she shows off ripe cacao pods for the camera.

Join us for the Journey of a lifetime!

Experience firsthand sustainable cacao farming in the rainforest. Meet indigenous shamans and healers in the Amazon and in the Andes.
Try cultural immersion, optional home stays and vigorous trekking into remote communities as part of the rainforest experience. Then travel to the Chocolate Factory in the mountains and participate in the process of making world class chocolate.  

See the detailed itinerary Register for the Journey.
 

Scholarship Program 2007-2008

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...and find out more about how you can help support rainforest families by buying chocolate, jewelry, and other wonderful things.
 
 
 

Presenting our scholarship recipients for this scholastic year!

 

Association of Ecuadorians in New England
Partnership

Association of Ecuadorians in New England has agreed to partner with AlliancExchange to Fund a Scholarship Program for secondary school children from the Rainforest Community of Rio Blanco.  More...

Rainforest Chocolate is "in"
  We have a supply of high quality Rain Family chocolate from Ecuador. If you can help with venues for sale of this delicious all-natural and sustainably-grown gourmet treat,  please contact us right away, while supplies last!

NEW!
During the spring and summer of 2008 our goal is to send 20 more children to high school from the rainforest villages of Ecuador, funded through Chocolate Tastings and our Chocolate and Galapagos Journey.

Read about a recent tasting in Cambridge!

 

Our Mission

To bring together people from a wide range of backgrounds to partner for economic development and cultural sustainability at a community level.

The Alliance for Cultural and Economic Exchange, Inc. is a 501(c)3 founded in 2003 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. We are dedicated to promoting a culturally diverse, compassionate world.  In order to foster mutually beneficial global cultural and economic exchange, we promote partnerships among developed and developing communities.

We have begun
our work in Ecuador with women entrepreneurs and rainforest families. Specific projects we promote and fund include scholarships for secondary school children and young leaders. Market development projects we support include world class dark chocolate, handicrafts, and community-based tourism which provides in-depth experiences of  local customs and healing ceremonies.

 


Telephone
  617-628-9297 (U.S.)

Electronic mail
Madsen@AlliancExchange.org or use the contact us form.

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