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Promoting Community Resilience through School Programs in Rural Chile

Developing a research and community-engagement partnership in the Atacama region of Chile

The residents of the agriculture-dependent and sparsely populated Copiapa Valley in Chile struggle with low-skilled and/or seasonal employment opportunities, and a lack of medical services or educational infrastructure. This project helps to develop a research and community-engagement partnership between the local Agricultural Association of Growers and Exporters and Cornell faculty and students. The partnership — partially supported by Cornell students visiting the region — aims to establish gardens at 9 rural community schools, where local students will learn about climate change and the impacts of agricultural practices, diet and nutrition, and business skills; gain access to healthy food, reducing household food expenditures and food insecurity; and enhance their career prospects by gaining hands-on experience and technical training in agriculture.

Grant category: Other

Topics: Education; Food and Agriculture

The Team

  • Sharon Tennyson, Department of Policy Analysis and Management

    College of Human Ecology

  • Nancy Wells, Department of Design and Environmental Analysis

    College of Human Ecology

  • Community partner:  Maria Sanchez Arietta, APECO

Engaged Opportunity Grants

Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.

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