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Work methodology

Inclusive Business System:

The inclusive business system is a methodology that allows groups of people with the dream of having a source of income to become formal businesses linked to national and international markets, generating local sources of income.  These sources of income are key to the development of these communities, allowing them to have resources to feed and educate their children, improve their homes and pursue further dreams.

The methodology has 9 cycles, and takes two years to complete.  A local technician, who can work with as much as 5 groups at one time, imparts the methodology once a week, for about 3 hours.  It is key that the technician speaks the local language.

The inclusive business methodology is designed to be able to reach rural communities, especially women,  that have not had a formal education, that sometimes do not know how to read and write and that hardly speak Spanish, speaking the local mayan language.  Although initially most of the groups were comprised of rural women that are mothers, more and more, we are getting requests from groups of young people that want to have a business and a source of income to pay for their high school and college studies.   Therefore, out of the 18 companies part of the Wakami Value Chain, there are 4 groups of young people, both men and women.

The 9 cycles of the methodology are the following:

What is innovative of this approach is that it starts with the dreams of the people, both the individual and collective dreams, inspiring them to have the energy required for the change they desire in their lives.  The methodology has a manual, which has been replicated in other countries.

As a result of the Inclusive Business Methodology, people have a source of INCOME, AND SAVINGS START TO HAPPEN, ALLOWING THEM TO THEN ENTER THE NEXT METHODOLOGY / the Wakami Village Methodology.

Currently, Communities of the Earth is concentrating in the incubation and growth of rural companies for the Wakami Value Chain.  This chain will require about 1,000 people for 2016, providing a source of income by making fashion accessories.  This is great, since communities, especially the rural women can work from their home, while still doing the house chores and looking out after their children.

WAKAMI VILLAGE METHODOLOGY
Once people have a source of income, they can start going through the Wakami Village Methodology.
Currently, the Methodology is being implemented with the 18 rural companies belonging to the Wakami Value Chain.  However, the methodology can be applied in rural communities, where people have a constant source of income.    We have name it Wakami Villages, because it is working with the Wakami Value Chain, but the generic concept behind it would be PROSPEROUS VILLAGES.
Wakami Villages is a platform of products and services that can dramatically transform the lives of people living in rural communities and inspire people living in urban communities to also participate somehow.  It has 3 basic aspects:

1.Wakami Family:  in this aspect, 5 indicators are monitored, signaling the need to find alliances when needed:

Each family is monitored and alliances are made with organizations when there are undernourished children, or children in school age not attending school.  Alliances are also made with banking institutions, favoring their becoming bankable for the first time.
Indicators A and B are monitored monthly.  Indicators  C, D and E are monitored every 4 months.

2. Wakami Home:  this component happens in alliance with organizations that have products that can dramatically improve the health, the economy and the environment, through sustainable products:

Eco Filters
Ecofiltro		 Onil Stoves
onil
Rain Water Collecting
rain water		 Solar Energy Kits
Planta
Organic Gardens Latrines:  here we are still looking for an ideal latrine for Guatemalan rural areas.  Recommendations are welcome.

The way these products are promoted is through setting pilot homes in the different communities, in the  Wakami business leaders’ homes.  There people can experience them and decide which products they want to buy.  Through crowd sourcing, people from other parts of the world can partner with the rural families, providing 50% of the cost of the product.  This partnership allows for rural families to access the products faster, having a huge impact on their health, economy and the environment.
To sites currently doing this are:

3. Wakami Community: this component encourages the rural companies to be active in the transformation of their communities.  3 basic programs are encouraged>

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