Gruppo Salinas

Gruppo Salinas is a non-profit network based in Salinas de Guaranda, Ecuador working on community development, poverty & hunger, gender equality +1 more.

Gruppo Salinas is a corporate network in Salinas de Guaranda, Ecuador, bringing together cooperatives, associations and foundations from the Salinas community. Through its member foundations and organisations it runs social development projects with rural communities, supporting women artisans, dairy and rural producers, and access to accessible financial services. Member organisations include the CoopSalinas savings and credit cooperative, the El Salinerito agricultural production cooperative, the TEXAL artisan development association and the Consorcio de Queseras Rurales Comunitarias foundation. Its work is based on social and solidarity economy principles, aiming to improve the quality of life of vulnerable households, with the stated aim of supporting more than 3,000 peasant families.