Our Partners

IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS PANAMA

• Fundacion Brigadas Globales de Panama
• Fundacion Brigadas Globales de Panama is the official implementation partner to the Global Brigades International affiliates, coordinating the logistics of all volunteer activities. Brigadas Globales hires local staff and houses international interns to coordinate brigades, but also to perpetuate projects between them. There is a full-time community director that tracks the metrics of each of the programs and monitors the long-run relationship with the community.

• Patronato De Nutricion
• Patronato de Nutricion works with the objective of fortifying sustainable farms across the country. Nowadays it accounts for over 320 farms. This Panamanian non-profit organization supports farmers with the tools and capacity building they need in order to work their land. They do this by investing capital in the form of hardware supplies and manpower so that farmers can create the infrastructure they need to create prosperous farms (ponds, workable land, proper irrigation systems, etc.) The land is bought by Patronato on behalf of the farmers at the very beginning. Then they invest in it and the farmers work it and gain a living by selling the crops they produce. Little by little, the farmers are able to pay back Patronato for the land (usually after 5-10 years) and as a result, own their own successful farm. Farmers eventually register it under the name of an Association (acquiring legal status and ownership of the land) and by this time they usually have already created a successful and lucrative farm to sustain their communties and families.  http://www.patronatodenutricion.org/Eng.htm
  For information about how Patronato works: http://www.patronatodenutricion.org/Presentation.htm

• Peace Corps-Panama
• Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship. Since that time, more than 195,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 139 host countries to work on issues ranging from AIDS education to information technology and environmental preservation. Today's Peace Corps is more vital than ever, working in emerging and essential areas such as information technology and business development, and committing more than 1,000 new Volunteers as a part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Peace Corps continue to help countless individuals who want to build a better life for themselves, their children, and their communities. The Peace Corps has a long history in Panama. The first Volunteers began work in 1963 and continued serving in Panama until May 1971. In February 1990, the Panamanian government asked the Peace Corps to return, and the program has continued without interruption ever since. The central goal of Peace Corps/Panama is to promote sustainable community development, in partnership with Panamanian agencies and NGOs, in Panama’s poorest and most disenfranchised regions. Each project has sector-specific goals related to this commitment.