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The Alliance for Cultural & Economic Exchange
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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.
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Scholarship Program
2007-2008 |
...and
find out more about how you can help support rainforest families by buying
chocolate, jewelry, and other wonderful things.
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Presenting our scholarship recipients
for this scholastic year!
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Association of
Ecuadorians in New England
Partnership |
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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.
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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!
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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
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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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