Basic information
Experience
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Impact
Directly impacted families:
15 social projects
Start collaboration:
2017
Project description
Co’ox Mayab is a project that provides training to young people in Merida, in the Yucatan region of Merida. More local guides in this popular tourist area gives the youth who live here employment opportunities and reduces the number of foreign guides profiting from travel to Yucatan. The cooperative supports responsible tourism practices and shares the benefits with the entire community.
Tourists can visit the area and make contributions directly to the people who live there, as well as have an authentic exchange with the young people of Merida.
Involvement of V Social
VSocial has supported this project since 2017. We have helped finance the certification of 20 young people a year, with a contribution of more than €5,000. By visiting the project and giving presentations, we have also endeavored to inspire the young people and emphasize the importance of sustainable travel.
Directly impacted families:
15 social projects
Start collaboration:
2017
Support for Coox Mayab
Apr 2024
EUR 8,885 - Field Camp for Youngster at Mexico
Apr 2024
Finance a field camp for younster at Mexico, related to environmental education approach, tourism empowerment, to youngsters people from: San Felipe, Ek Balam, Río Lagartos, Tekit, Yokdzonot, Salvador Alvarado, Tzucmuc, Kaua, Cenotillo. These young people linked to tourism projects will be trained through activities that are proposed to acquire a vision of responsibility and appreciation towards their natural and cultural heritage, without forgetting the importance of relationships interpersonal in teamwork, to achieve an objective. This will allow the permanence and strengthening of these companies in the near future. social groups made up of agents of change.
Your impact
Merida
Country: Mexico
Along with providing educational and economic opportunities to the young people of Merida, Co’ox Mayab has also been able to put tourism in the hands of the people who live in the region by supplying agencies with local guides. The young people not only have the chance for personal growth, but the benefits extend to their families and help empower the people of Yucatan. The continued success of the project also strengthens the cooperative and the numerous social enterprises involved with it.
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