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After losing her husband to guerrilla violence , she needed to support her 8 children , so joined Las Mesmas . At first , the women were afraid to formalize a company , but with Mabel ' s support , Las Mesmas systematized their production process and optimized the quality of the products , then obtained a certification that allows them to market their products and grow to a wider market . They left the subsistence economy to create a formal company that now enables over 100 women to support their families and provides a needed product to vulnerable communities in 8 different villages , while recycling oil that would otherwise be thrown in the river , damaging the local ecosystem . Ernestina is now proud to leave her company ’ s legacy to her children . BIOINNOVA has worked directly with 600 producers in 60 different enterprises in 15 different municipalities . Ten of these enterprises are now running independently , having achieved standards of economic and environmental sustainability . The other 50 are in the process of working with BIOINNOVA . Currently , 90 % of the initiatives supported by Mabel have the capacity to supply local markets , and 10 % are ready for medium-sized markets . The enterprises are creating hundreds of jobs , through which many people are moving from being unemployed to earning USD270 / month . BIOINNOVA has helped certify the first cleaning products and natural cosmetics factories in the Colombian Pacific , as well as two more food production industries . Mabel has also successfully created the first bioeconomy and culture festival to promote the local entrepreneurs and their products . The goal of the project to develop SELVACÉUTICA and Corporación legado de conocimiento ( www . legadodeconocimiento . org ) was to increase the leadership and empowerment of women , youth and vulnerable populations through science , technology and innovation tools and the construction of scientific and technological networks and from the dialogue of knowledge . So the target groups are both women , children / youth , entrepreneurs , farmers , and vulnerable population .
Diploma in Innovation and Ledearship with gender focus , La Guajira
40 PROSJEKTLEDELSE • NR . 1 2024