A new alstroemeria farm is about to be plant in Cayambe . It is an initiative from Santiago Partnership , a non - profit organization that aims to sustain and empower Ecuadorians . They ’ve place up a medical clinic , afford a children ’s home and did much more to tolerate the residential area . Now , it is time to help these projection become ego - sustainable . They therefore aim to lay down an alstroemeria farm . By means of a support campaign , they hope to take the first stair in realizing the project . The campaign was launched on November 19th and will run till the end of December . Currently , already 33 percent of the price ask for the alstroemeria initiative has been conjure up . This is explain by Joel Delp , who together with his married woman Kim , came to Ecuador as missionaries and set up the Santiago Partnership .
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Santiago PartnershipIn 2014 , they set up the Santiago Partnership . The labor in Cayambe started with one employee , Rolando Escola , and has now grown to the current state of having 36 employee on staff as well as receiving some funding from the Ecuadorian government . “ Our objective is to empower the Ecuadorians , also the one who is running the Santiago Partnership is an Ecuadorian . We are in Ecuador to sustain and incur funds . ” In 2014 , they coiffe up a aesculapian clinic ( Centro Medico Emanuel ) and in 2017 a children ’s home ( Casa Hogar Emanuel ) . “ It is a irregular dwelling for at - risk youngster and their family who have been desert , neglect , abuse or have been the victims of Human Trafficking . The home is a temporary place for the tiddler as we work hard to reunify the children with their families after healing has taken billet ; it is more like a surrogate plate . ” In the interim , they also jell up several projects in which the Ecuadorian government is involve . “ They serve us to launch our overhaul anticipate the Prevention and Intervention programs . These military service are aimed at preventing the need for the fry to come to the Home for At - Risk Children , so that one day the nursing home wo n’t be needed any longer . ”
Potential land for succeeding flower farm
Alstroemeria farm – purport to becoming ego - sustainableSo , what is the reason to start up an alstroemeria farm ? Joel : “ Our goal from the beginning has always been ego - sustainability for the project , but since we were set out from boodle , we felt it was authoritative to educate the ministry first . Now , it is metre for something to help the project become self - sustainable . We have been producing white potato vine and Allium cepa for the surrogate home , and we sell the nimiety , but it is far from enough to make the task self - sustainable . Therefore , we decided to look for larger first step . Over the years , we have had different estimation , like a chicken farm – that is in reality on wait at the instant , a guinea pig farm for consumption ( it ’s a delicacy here in Ecuador ) , as well as growing bloom . Growing roses is very mutual in the Cayambe surface area , but it is a very flimsy prime that requires a lot of travail , and due to the high-pitched competition , the margin that is made on their sale is very little . We do not need to compete with the large boys , so we therefore decided to appear at a dissimilar flower . "
They came across alstroemerias . “ It is a stout bloom that is n’t as susceptible to disease and involve much less labor to cultivate , thus driving the cost for production down . The idea is to sell the flush nationally , or to other growers – as the alstroemeria go utterly in the rose bouquet - and in the hereafter we go for to even export them internationally . ” Their commercial enterprise model will be to start small , produce high quality flowers , and then teach others to grow the alstroemeria prime as well , so that way they can bring about more product together to be able to sell at high quantities , explains Delp .
architectural plan of actionThey already found 2 potential plot to build up their greenhouse on . However , one does not get down a blossom farm overnight , and that also goes for the Santiago Partnership . Over the last months , they ’ve speak with several experts in the industry and made a detailed budget planning . “ If we only invite the $ 58,000 take for the direct start - up costs , we can move forward with this project . However , ideally , we would like to raise the full $ 98,000 to purchase the land as well so that we will not have to take land which will turn down our margin income . ”
The majority of the money is being raised by donations ( which will be accepted in any amount but only through the end of the year ( end at midnight on December 31st ) . On top of the donations , they also partner with another non - profit organization , Matter , an organization that supports projects like theirs that want to start farms . " They are help us and send us a container with material for starting the farm . All other material , we will buy locally . Also , we received a pick - up motortruck from a church service in Illinois , we only need the tank on top of it . "
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