1st. PROJECT CALL OUT
The I Communitarian Call Out was released in April 2015 and the enrolment deadline closed in May, 29th, 2015, and Serra Grande’s community got involved and sent 67 projects, which 53% were urban oriented and 31% to rural oriented.
The great innovation of Tabôa’s Communitarian Call Out Project is that the project choices will be fully made by the Communitarian Committee, which has communitarian leaderships among its members and together will elect what they believe that is the community real need.
Projects Presented in the 1st. Project Call Out 2015-2016
Theme: Income Generation
The support to the project constant to the income generation’s theme results in the strengthening of the communities and in the development of the territory by the incentive of the productive vocations. The selected projects were:The farmers in Association of “Barrocão” built on collective activity an agribusiness to benefit fruit, turning them into pulp, candies, jams, cakes, cookies, beijus, etc. They received donations from government programs of equipment, technical support of “Cabruca” Institute and are signing in participatory certification and social organization. Nowadays need support to equip the family agribusiness with tools and supplies to start producing and marketing throughout the region, and deliver their products to the Food Acquisition Program - PAA and PNAE.
The project's goal is to market to other regions and especially offer to the tourism of Serra Grande and southern Bahia the possibility of consuming products derived from agro forestry, processed with quality and certified like organic.
The association was created in 2010, aims to bring together farmers of “Barrocão” region to promote the social, economic, productive, environmental and cultural development of its members.
One difficulty that artisanal fishermen regularly face is the lack of material resources for exercise the profession. Besides the good weather and calm sea, the fisherman depends on a number of others conditions for fishing. The rafts need to be replaced after a few years, the engines require maintenance and fuel. Often the fisherman doesn't go to sea by a lack of resources for these expenses. Improving these fishermen's working conditions, the entire community benefits, seeing a such important activity being preserved and valued, since the raft fishing is part of the unique local culture.
In return the fishermen are compromised to hold meetings to exchange experiences aimed at young people of Serra Grande community for the preservation of popular culture of the raft fishing activity in south Bahia
The project's goal is to invest in sewing machinery and equipment, relieving the main factor of cost in the dolls production. With more material and equipment, the group can grow and expand its production, and more women can earn extra money sewing dolls. The group already has a lot of customers waiting for orders.
Besides the women, the ones who benefits from the project are the children and the other people around, seeing the dolls the affirmation of a brunette and the identity from Bahia, with clothes and hairstyles that value the local culture. In addition, it seeks to rescue the tradition of handmade toy.
Theme: Culture
In this front act are promoted initiatives that rescue and value the cultural manifestations in the area. The selected projects in this area were:The project, presented by the Group of Culture Preservation, “Dilazenze”, aims to create a local culture of musical training covering different age groups, in order to identify, develop and inspire new percussionists able to put themselves in the future as music professionals. Seeks to improve their sense of coexistence, solidarity and care for the Village Serra Grande and the planet, inspiring them to a new profession. .
Theme: Education
The project in this thematic have as a goal optimize the education as a tool of social transformation, contributing with the social formation of complete citizens.The work began in 2014 as a voluntary action, with collective and free classes for children and adolescents in the community, and private lessons for tourists. The group has received institutional support from “Arapyaú” Institute, the Surf Itacaré School and individuals. Attend a group of 25 children from various districts of Serra Grande (Bairro Novo, Rua do Campo, Rua do Cemitério, Beira Rio and Ecovila).
In December 2014, the school participated as articulator of the Guardians of Serra project. During three months, combining surf lessons with environmental education activities and beach cleaning.
To continue to work, many challenges arise, including: more teachers to attend, the participation of students at the lack of transport, better structure of equipment and organization of pedagogical practices, financial and administrative organization with a view to strengthening the collective that take care of the expansion project.
The objective of this project is to increase the social participation of the “Dendê da Serra” School in innovation formal and informal processes of integral education in the municipality, through a new community space for social and educational integration for Childhood Education. This new Kindergarten Waldorf will have 20 vacancies.
Since 2001, “Dendê da Serra” School do a pioneering work of integral education in the area of APA Itacaré - Serra Grande. Since the beginning of 2015, the school is raising money to renovate a house in the village for the new kindergarten, creating an environment conducive to educational work..
The context of creation of the Association Bloom action was the arrival of the Serra of Conduru State Park, which impacted the socio-economic reality of the region and families that still live in the surrounding areas, mostly farmers with low education who face difficulties in improving agricultural production on their properties and the demand of their products. Have low income and live in dwellings of poor quality, most often without basic sanitation, electricity and collection of solid waste. Besides the conflicts in land regularization, which resulted the distancing of this community from Serra of Conduru State Park, the rural exodus, the lack of knowledge of agroecological practices and the difficult access to the region prevents the exchange and sharing of these other practices continuously. Today the Bloom Project, physically, is a living house called House of Blossom, located 1.5 km after the seat of Conduru Park, direction Uruçuca, near the area of Mr. Durval. The first intervention happened in October 2013 in the “Nossa Senhora da Conceição” Rural School and surroundings; in 2014 it began the second stage, already installed in the house. Over those three years, springs from the source of the simple life the purpose of the project: the rising of conscience for coexistence. The activities of ordinary life and contact with the kingdoms of nature are a service field, making possible the expansion of consciousness and the development of right relationships. The activities happen weekly in the afternoon, with workshops on environmental education, art and culture, and activities and works with the kingdoms of nature. The House of Bloom exists and is surfacing due the support of many people. If you want to know and support please contact us by email: florescer6@gmail.com
Theme: Institutional Stregnthening
The goal is to invest in activities of institutional strengthening and organization of associations and, therefore, allowing the development and provide impetus to its activities and operation in the community. The selected projects in this front of action were:The goal of this project is the formalization of the Green House as a non-profit association. It was created in 2009, offering joinery workshops, jewelry coconut and others artisanal works, English classes and other specific proposals, such as a course of learner pizzaiolo.