ConPRmetidos Annual Impact Report 2018 - 2019

ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT 2018 - 2019

Photograph by Calen Oquendo

www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

1

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 A Message from our Team 4 About ConPRmetidos 5 Our Impact at a Glance 6 Map of Impact 8 Collaborative Impact Grants + Programs 31 Testimonials from our Communities 36 ConPRmetidos 2020 38 Meet the Team + Board of Directors 39 Special Thanks

A Message from our Team

The projects you will read about have taught us the meaning of being self-sufficient. The communities we have been lucky to support these past years, maximize resources and human talent to achieve a long-lasting and sustainable recovery. To us, and hopefully now to you, these projects are an example of how an island moves forward by taking the future into its own hands.

www.conprmetidos.org

- Equipo ConPRmetidos Impact Report 2018 - 2019

3

About ConPRmetidos Founded in 2012, we first started as a movement and call to action for all Puerto Ricans to take part in helping the island move forward. Our organization was established as a response to the many challenges the island faced, including an economic recession. In a short time, we became known as the organization that connects those in the island with Puerto Ricans in the diaspora and as a bridge between professionals overseas and the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem on the ground. After the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, our team raised millions to support the long-term revitalization of vulnerable communities.

During the past two years, we have collaborated closely with grassroots leaders to implement development projects that are rethinking industries like fishing and coffee farming, which are vital to the island’s sustainable future.

Our Mission To create a stable, productive, and self-sufficient Puerto Rico. We achieve this by identifying innovative and sustainable solutions, leveraging a global network of supporters, empowering doers, and connecting people to form strategic partnerships.

4

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

www.conprmetidos.org

Our Impact at a Glance

$2.39M

$2.23M

Committed to date

Disbursements to date*

Disbursed grants after Hurricanes Irma and Maria: 2017

2018

2019

$173,692.11

$625,220.12

$1,435,956.36

Our grants finance projects in five impact areas:

16%

16%

30%

30%

8%

FOOD

ENERGY

ECONOMIC

CONSTRUCTION &

NEEDS

SECURITY

& WATER

DEVELOPMENT

LONG-TERM REBUILDING

ASSESSMENT

* The projects highlighted in this impact report do not represent the total amount of disbursements made between 2017 to 2018. For more information regarding our previous disbursements visit: https://bit.ly/2PSEVaB.

www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

5

Where our partners are Aguadilla

Quebradillas

Vega Baja

Manatí

Isabela

Camuy

Barceloneta

Hatillo

Dorado Vega Alta

Arecibo

Moca Florida

Aguada San Sebastián

Rincon

Morovis Corozal

Añasco Ciales

Utuado Lares

Las Marías Mayagüez

F Adjuntas

Maricao

F

Jayuya

Barranquitas

Villalba San Germán Sabana Grande

Yauco

Aibonito

Coamo

Peñuelas Ponce

Cabo Rojo

Guayanilla Lajas Guánica

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

C

Orocovis

F

Hormigueros

6

Naran

Juana Díaz Santa Isabel

www.conprmetidos.org

Salinas

having an impact Toa Baja

Cataño

Loíza Bayamón

Toa Alta

Carolina San Juan

Río Grande

Trujillo Alto

Luquillo

Guaynabo

Fajardo

njito

Gurabo Aguas Buenas

Comerío

Culebra

Canovanas Ceiba Juncos

Caguas

Naguabo Las Piedras

Cidra Humacao F

San Lorenzo

o

Cayey

Vieques

Yabucoa

Legend Patillas

s Guayama

Arroyo

Maunabo

Banco de Alimentos PR

Resilient Power PR

Boys & Girls Club of PR

Sol es V.I.D.A.

Bottom Up Destination (FPR)

Taller Salud

Bosque Modelo

Unidos por Utuado

G8: Caño MartÍn Peña

Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust

Conservación ConCiencia COSSAO Fundación Bucarabón

F

The letter “F” represents a future impact for the project or organization

Fundación de Culebra Causa Local PROCAFE

www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

7

Collaborative Impact Grants + Programs Learn about the challenges our collaborators and their communities faced and the impact we have created together.

CIG Model Explanation We believe Puerto Ricans can build a global model of communitydriven success. This is why we invest in our island’s future. We begin by partnering with local leaders to address their challenges and determine sustainable solutions that they can implement.

After the disaster created by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in 2017, we collaborated with Puerto Rican communities to identify their post-Hurricane needs. Many local non-profits needed both resources and organizational support in order to execute their programs efficiently and effectively. The Collaborative Impact Grant (CIG) model was created to support organizations in the execution of their programs.

The ultimate goal is to strengthen and scale up the existing efforts of local leaders and community members to help them achieve a greater impact. Our CIGs finance programs that tackle root causes to socioeconomic challenges in Puerto Rico and assign each program the necessary resources. Take a look at the projects we are supporting and learn about the different communities we are helping transform through our unique model.

www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

9

Transforming Coffee Farming Practices in Puerto Rico HQ: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

By the Numbers

Grant

Non-Profit Partner

$612,845

PROCAFE

Challenges

550,500

Nearly 85% of the island’s coffee farms were destroyed after

of 750,000

the Hurricanes. This resulted in an estimated loss of $75 million

Seedlings (trees) distributed

and 18 million coffee trees, causing the biggest damage to

and planted

the industry’s infrastructure in 100 years. Coffee productivity was already low in Puerto Rico because farmers lacked

1,764,000

valuable data about their own production and were unable

Pounds of fertilizer and

to stay up to-date on best practices. The last official widely-

agricultural lime used to

distributed coffee farming manual was published in 1999.

maximize coffee production

Impact

420

We partnered with Puerto Rico’s coffee farmers to create the non-profit PROCAFE (Productores de Café de Puerto Rico).

The organization works towards the long-term sustainable recovery of the local coffee industry and advocates for greater organization and education for farmers across the island. In partnership with PROCAFE, we distributed over half a million coffee trees and 1,000 best practices manuals which we developed to help farmers improve their production

Coffee farmers and families have received trees

700+ Members in PROCAFE

Areas Addressed

yields. The free manuals distributed to farmers teach them how to increase the productivity of their high-quality coffee.

PROCAFE currently collaborates with the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership to asses market opportunities so farmers

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

FOOD SECURITY

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

can meet the local demand by diversifying their production while increasing their revenue.

www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

11

Promoting Community Well-Being and Innovative Farming

HQ: Utuado, Puerto Rico

Non-Profit Partner

By the Numbers

Grant

Corporación de Salud y Desarrollo Socioeconómico del Otoao (COSSAO)

$78,039

Challenges

5,500

Hurricane Maria wiped out 80% of Puerto Rico’s crops, causing

Size of impacted community

a loss of approximately $780 million to the local economy.

Communities like Barrio Mameyes were cut off from the rest of the island after the Hurricane. Without sustainable food

9,000 Patients the free COSSAO

sources, this community underwent a nutritional and health

clinic has had in the first 16

crisis. Because of an accelerated exodus of young people

months

due to the lack of jobs, rural and farming areas are becoming increasingly older. The hurricane’s devastation highlighted the

140

need to diversify agricultural practices and create innovative

Students from 4th to 8th grade

solutions for food and financial security island-wide.

participating in the agriculture class

Impact To tackle these issues, we partnered with COSSAO in Utuado.

15 Students from 5th through 8th

Our grant helped fund a social-enterprise that created a

grade learning about

hurricane-resistant hydroponic food farm growing lettuce

hydroponics and

and micro greens in upcycled shipping containers located

agro-entrepreneurship

at the Antonio Tulla Torres elementary school. Here, students develop agro-entrepreneurship skills and apply innovative farming practices that they are already learning in school.

Produce earnings benefit the school and the local free health

Areas Addressed

clinic also established by COSSAO. The farm provides a reliable food source for the “barrio” year-round and creates new employment opportunities for parents and elders. We also provided a $4,000 grant to ship a solar water-filtering

www.conprmetidos.org

equipment to COSSAO from the energy start-up PosiGen.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

FOOD SECURITY

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

13

Supporting Women’s Culinary Start-up while Building Local Capacity HQ: Maricao, Puerto Rico

Non-Profit Partner

By the Numbers

Grant

$62,950

Fundación Bucarabón

Challenges Lack

of

employment

63.8% and

income generating

opportunities are some of the most critical problems in Maricao, where growing economic uncertainty has accelerated the local depopulation. This translates to a loss of almost 10% of its residents from 2010 to 2017.

The decrease in population has had a negative impact on student enrollment which caused the closing of the historic Segunda Unidad Francisco Vincenty school, one of the largest public schools in the municipality.

Poverty rate in Maricao the year Hurricane Maria hit

45 Community residents have engaged in monthly meetings to identify their needs and interests for this project

Impact We collaborated with Fundación Bucarabón, led by local entrepreneurial women, who legally reclaimed the school and are establishing a kitchen-culinary

Areas Addressed

incubator program. Our grant supports the rehabilitation of the school’s training center, administration offices, the culinary incubator infrastructure and a comprehensive curriculum. The project is part of a broader regional network, emphasizing business entrepreneurship, a

FOOD SECURITY

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

value-driven supply-chain, and cross-sectoral business development (hospitality, tourism, education, and Photographs by Aurora Hernández Galliano

www.conprmetidos.org

culture) at both local and regional levels.

CONSTRUCTION & LONG-TERM REBUILDING

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

15

Enabling Access to Capital for Local Micro-Entrepreneurs

HQ: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Non-Profit Partner

Grant

Causa Local

$45,000

By the Numbers

Challenges

70

Causa Local’s aims to raise their visibility among

Funded borrowers

the entrepreneurship sector in Puerto Rico and reach municipalities in more remote parts of the island. In addition to helping Causa Local expand their support to additional low income and young entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico, this grant helped

24 New jobs created

Causa Local continue supporting entrepreneurs

150

who have gained traction and sales and have

Local entrepreneurs Causa

already gone through an accelerator or incubator

Local has impacted to date

program.

Impact Our grant to Causa Local helped them expand their island-wide impact giving local entrepreneurs access visibility for their products and offerings via

Areas Addressed

the Kiva online platform throughout the island.

Almost 80% of the funding deployed translated into money from outside the island directly injected into the economy. By July of 2019, Causa Local grew substantially and began their plan to give out loans

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

of up to $10,000 at 0% interest. Causa local has been Photographs for Causa Local by Raquel Perez-Puig

www.conprmetidos.org

able to deploy over $1M in access to capital while impacting over 30 municipalities on the island.

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

17

Restoring the Ecosystem of Vieques Island

HQ: Vieques, Puerto Rico

Non-Profit Partner Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust

Grant

$50,000

By the Numbers

Challenges

1 of 5

The Mosquito Bay in Vieques is one of the last remaining

Bioluminescent bays in the world

pristine bioluminescent bays globally and the main natural attraction that drives the municipality island’s tourism-based economy. The glow that is caused by

15-30 years

bioluminescent planktons, attracts 50,000 to 70,000

Amount of time it would take

yearly visitors, generating hundreds of jobs. Hurricanes

for the mangroves surrounding

Irma and Maria devastated the infrastructure and

the Bay to recuperate naturally

mangrove forest surrounding the Bay, both integral parts

without VCHT’s efforts

of its ecology. The plankton depends on nutrients from the surrounding mangroves to survive. Unaided recovery of the Bay would result in changes to it’s morphology that could permanently affect plankton’s density and glow.

Areas Addressed

Impact Our grant to the Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust (VCHT) financed the reforestation and rehabilitation of: 1) critical areas of the Bay with total mangrove death,

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2) new mangrove plant nurseries, and 3) the repair of erosion-control infrastructure.

The restoration of the natural and built infrastructure will create new job opportunities that are much needed in Vieques after the Hurricanes.

www.conprmetidos.org

CONSTRUCTION & LONG-TERM REBUILDING

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

19

Rebuilding Homes and Lives in Low Income Communities

HQ: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Non-Profit Partner

By the Numbers

Grant

G-8: Caño Martín Peña

$250,000

Challenges

25,260

Approximately 70% of the communities surrounding Caño

Residents living in the

Martín Peña (CMP) were flooded with wastewater. Many

communities

homes suffered severe damage which included partial or total loss of roofs and basic safety elements like windows and

1,000+

doors. The 8 communities bordering the Caño Martín Peña

Homes suffered severe

have a long history of poverty, overcrowding, unsafe living

damage from the Hurricanes

conditions, exposure to significant environmental and health hazards, marginalization, social invisibility, and governmental neglect.

75 Approximate number of

Impact

homes destroyed

We provided CMP with the funding needed to repair and rebuild hurricane resistant roofs and repairs to windows, walls, floors and steps for local families. Each home went through a process of structural evaluation, architectural design, construction and repairs, and a final housing inspection before reconstruction began. Post evaluation, the work to fix the homes was done by local companies with local suppliers

19 New roofs for families

Areas Addressed

for materials and tools, helping to maximize the investment into the local economy. We also partnered with institutions like the American Institute of Architects and the Corporación

ECONOMIC

CONSTRUCTION &

del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña, which oversees

DEVELOPMENT

LONG-TERM REBUILDING

the district planning.

www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

21

Non-Profit Partner

Grant

Sol es V.I.D.A.

$318,000

By the Numbers

Challenges

6

Toa Baja was one of the hardest areas hit by Hurricane

Families who completely

Maria. The families in the low-income community of in

lost their homes

the Villas del Sol in Barrio Ingenio in Toa Baja were still in need of help recovering months after the Hurricane.

Before the hurricane, most of the households had wood and zinc roofs and informally constructed structures that were incapable of withstanding such a strong Hurricane or floods.

Impact Our grant to local nonprofit Sol es V.I.D.A., who works

14 Families have new hurricane-resistant houses or roofs

Areas Addressed

specifically in this community of Villas del Sol, financed the installation of hurricane-resistant houses and roofs for local families. With the help of certified architects and contractors, the project focused on rebuilding and installing proper roofs. The hired contractor for the

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

project was from the Villas del Sol community.

CONSTRUCTION & LONG-TERM REBUILDING

22

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

www.conprmetidos.org

HQ: Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Jumpstarting the Island’s First Hydroelectric Cooperative HQ: Utuado, Puerto Rico

Non-Profit Partner: Unidos por Utuado

Grant:

$70,000

By the Numbers

Challenges

8 months

When Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico’s power-

Time residents in the three

grid, all of the island, including municipalities of Utuado,

municipalities were without

Adjuntas, and Jayuya, was left without

power

power. A

lack of power meant people could not access basic health-care services which led to the deaths of fellow community members. To make sure this crisis would not happen again, we gave a grant to Unidos por Utuado, Puerto Rico’s first ever Hydroelectric Cooperative known in Spanish as La Cooperativa Eléctrica de la Montaña.

Impact

43MW Energy generating capacity of the plant

75,000 Amount of residents the

This project represents the first steps towards a much bigger goal: providing a reliable source of energy to residents in the mountainous region of Puerto Rico. The majority of the residents in this area are elderly and lowincome families with an average salary of $13,432 per

project hopes to impact

Areas Addressed

year. Our grant currently finances the work of a project coordinator and three photovoltaic consultants (all women!) that are responsible for identifying additional sources of funding and creating a profile of local

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

ENERGY & WATER

businesses and individuals who can become potential service subscribers.

www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

25

Rethinking the Local Fishing Industry

HQ: Naguabo, Puerto Rico

Non-Profit Partner

Conservación ConCiencia

By the Numbers

Grant

$74,800

Challenges

1.2 Million

Almost 90% of the fish consumed in Puerto Rico is brought in

Pounds of fish are caught

by international food importers, and local fishers are struggling

annually in Puerto Rico

to compete with frozen products, making the fishing industry in Puerto Rico unsustainable. Many of the fishermen have been working in this profession for years, focusing on small artisanal and wild-caught fish. Even though they have extensive knowledge of their marine ecosystem and highquality products, they struggle to streamline their operations and establish fair pricing to reach new customers.

55 Members that have participated in specialized capacity building workshops for environmentally responsible fishing techniques

Impact

We partnered with Conservación ConCiencia, a local nonprofit

35

implementing practical and science-based conservation

Restaurants, food trucks and

efforts to promote sustainability. This partnership aims to

hotels currently sell the local

increase the revenue source of fishing villages in the southeast

fishing village’s products

region of the island. This is done by streamlining operations, expanding the client base, defining fair prices for wild-caught products, and educating consumers on the importance of buying local. Our collaboration has enabled new purchase agreements between the fishers and established restaurants

Areas Addressed

and international hotel chains, including Cocina Abierta, 1919, Oriundo, and Marriott International. Products sold in villages are in the process of being certified with the Made in Puerto Rico label. Puerto Rico’s Tourism Company supports our

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

FOOD SECURITY

work and will educate consumers about these efforts through

www.conprmetidos.org

their networks and platforms.

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

27

Increasing Resiliency in Puerto Rico BANCO DE ALIMENTOS

$112,000

A food security study recently published by Puerto Rico’s Institute of Statistics (IEPR) revealed that 32% of the island’s residents who are 18 or older live with low food security. After Hurricane Maria, the Banco de Alimentos Puerto Rico (Food Bank) was unable to accept new food donations due to lack of storage space. The loss of these donations limited the bank’s capacity to serve vulnerable populations. This prompted a move to a new building with more storage capacity. Our grant covered the costs of purchasing and installing the windows, doors and storage racks for the new space. The new Puerto Rico Food Bank facility increased their storage capacity by 22% and implemented a new emergency supply distribution programs across Puerto Rico.

BOSQUE MODELO DE PUERTO RICO

$7,350

The Water Alliance formed by the Bosque Modelo de Puerto Rico (Model Forest), Oxfam, Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico, and Hispanic Federation, provided technical, administrative, organizational and financial support services to communities in charge of the administration of rural community aqueducts “NON-PRASA.” To maximize the Alliance’s ability to communicate with each other and activate protocols, they requested a grant for the acquisition of 3 satellite phones.

TALLER SALUD

$7,541

The threat of Hurricane Dorian impacting Puerto Rico this past August after a post-Maria crisis, put many communities with vulnerable populations into a panic. One of the biggest reasons people passed away was that many bed ridden individuals had ulcers that got infected due to limited access to sanitary and medical supplies. To help these communities, Taller Salud distributed 200 packages of medical and hygiene supplies for bedridden residents and their caregivers in collaboration with the leadership of several communities in the town of Loíza.

28

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

www.conprmetidos.org

Providing Renewable Energy to Communities FUNDACIÓN DE CULEBRA

$15,000

During Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the official emergency shelter on the municipality island of Culebra had no source of power or way to generate clean water. Our grant to Fundación de Culebra covered the expenses of building a concrete room at the Museo de Culebra for the installation of a solar equipment. This provided a source of power for the island municipality’s new Community Resiliency Hub where residents can charge their cell phones and collect clean water in the case of another natural phenomenon.

RESILIENT POWER PUERTO RICO

$150,000

We provided funding for five installations of Resilient Power’s photovoltaic energy systems to provide an alternative and reliable source of electricity for: one Instituto Psicopedagógico in Bayamón, three locations of Asociación Mayagüezana de Personas con Impedimentos (AMPI) and a women’s shelter in Mayagüez. Resilient Power Puerto Rico is currently in the planning phases to provide an energy system to the Villa Pesquera in Punta Santiago, Humacao one of the locations where Conservación ConCiencia impacts.

www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

29

Removing Barriers for Workforce Participation $134,666

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PR AND OFFGRID BOX

Almost 50% of residents unemployed in PR are between the ages of 16 and 34 caused mainly by 2 factors: lack of job search skills and a lack of core skills for high-demand professions. The Boys & Girls Club of PR, in partnership with the global employment program Generation, developed a curriculum where participants could learn the technical and soft skills necessary to succeed in the service and hospitality industry. Our grant covered the costs of tuition for 50 students completing a comprehensive training in service and hospitality. Since September 2018, the program has graduated 90+ students, including the 7 cohorts thus far. Approximately, 77% of the graduates have been successfully placed in jobs.

Using Tourism to Develop Sustainable Communities BOTTOM UP DESTINATION RECOVERY

$150,000

The Bottom Up Destination Recovery Initiative is a model for long-term economic development designed by Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR) after the hurricanes of 2017. The goal is to help communities around the island become more resilient by identifying and leveraging local assets. By connecting businesses, natural resources and the efforts of NGOs on the ground, they have created unique tourism experiences. This effort has helped build the infrastructure needed by municipalities to attract visitors from around the world and expand tourism in Puerto Rico outside of the metropolitan area. Our grant enabled the creation of a Community Destination Economic Development Plan for the Punta Santiago community in Humacao.

30

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

www.conprmetidos.org

Testimonials From Our Communities Meet the people responsible for building a stronger Puerto Rico.

“I lost all my coffee production after Hurricane Maria, and I said to myself, this is too much. I am never going to plant coffee again. But then the people that worked on my farm came and asked me what I needed them to do. They had lost everything, their farms and their homes, and they needed to work to live.

I told myself, if they are not giving up, I can’t give up either.

They needed someone to stand up for them and be their voice because no one was thinking about them after the storm.

ConPRmetidos gave us more than trees and resources; they gave us hope that we will recover. We already established an organization that advocates for the needs of the coffee sector, and we have more than 700 members. We have distributed more than half a million coffee seedlings, and we are helping farmers diversify their crops so they can increase their revenue and improve their quality of life.”

- Iris Jannette Rodríguez, President of PROCAFE

PROCAFE 32

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

www.conprmetidos.org

“The project to promote responsible fishing in Puerto Rico carried out by Conservación ConCiencia, with the support of ConPRmetidos, is one that as a full-time fisherman has all my support. For fishing communities in Puerto Rico like ours, all our lives depend on fishing. With this collaboration, we are seeing the value of certain fish in the market.

Knowing this, I am now catching Lionfish that helps me generate additional income during the closure of the carrucho (Queen conch) season and is a good alternative in local fishing.”

- Julio Ortíz, fisherman of Playa Húcares (Hucares Beach) in Naguabo and collaborator of Conservación ConCiencia

Conservación ConCiencia www.conprmetidos.org

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

33

“The support received by ConPRmetidos has been a great help for our project. It has created sustainability for our community movement, it has supported the positive image of COSSAO, and it has advanced our project. In addition, our initiative has served as socioeconomic development that has created jobs. We now have had access to new technology and it will be a food support.

Francisco

In the Antonio Tulla Torres school, a teaching and support process was established to cover both social and academic areas of human development. This allows the growth of values, unity and work among teachers, students, parents and community, both personal and in the workplace.”

- Francisco J. Valentín, President of COSSAO

COSSAO 34

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

Our Co-Founder and Director of Operations Mili Landrón www.conprmetidos.org

“Vieques Bioluminescent Bay was severely impacted

by Hurricane Maria, destroying much of the mangrove forest and the infrastructure that prevents sediments from surrounding areas from impacting organisms that produce Bioluminescence.

The grant from ConPRmetidos allowed us to restore the erosion control infrastructure and initiate a mangrove forest reforestation project with community participation.

Our bay is the natural jewel of Vieques, source of pride for the residents of the “Nena island.”

- Lirio Márquez-D’Acunti, Director of VCHT

Lirio

Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust (VCHT) www.conprmetidos.org

Mark Martin Brass - Director of Community Relations and Scientific Investigation for VCHT Impact Report 2018 - 2019

35

ConPRmetidos 2020 Learn about our plans for next year and meet our team.

What’s Next?

IdeAcción 2020 This grant is for social entrepreneurs committed to the recovery of PR and the integral well-being of its people.

We requested viable, replicable and sustainable proposals focused on solving the challenges affecting our most vulnerable communities. We considered the viability of proposal execution in the short-term and the economic sustainability of the project in the longterm. Grants are awarded in proportion to available resources, proposal objectives, and the potential results demonstrated by the requesting organization.

Engaging Puerto Rico’s Global Network Puerto Rico’s declining population has negative social, economic, and demographic impacts. Since Hurricane Maria, migration has intensified. To mitigate the loss of talent and knowledge, this program will provide opportunities to connect global talent with local efforts in the island. Puerto Ricans living globally and associated community members will be able to form a strong network and benefit from mentorship programs, talent acquisition initiatives, and financial investment opportunities.

www.conprmetidos.org

Photograph by NBC New York

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

37

Meet the Team

Isabel Rullán

Mili Landrón

Clay Garnett

Aurora Hernández

Ana Laura Miranda

Executive Director

Director of Operations

Program Manager

Grants and Program

Office Administration

Co-Founder

Co-Founder

Compliance Officer

Associate

Board of Directors + Co-Founders

Carlos Meléndez

Miguel Ferrer

Elena Hernández

Gary Bonilla

Ciara Napoli

Chair

Vice-Chair

Director

Director

Director Co-Founder

Juan Ramos

Natalie Trigo

Cristina Sumaza

Miguel Columna

Treasurer

Director

Co-Founder

Co-Founder

Co-Founder 38

Impact Report 2018 - 2019

www.conprmetidos.org

Special Thanks to Our committed Board of Directors that dedicate their time to helping us create a responsible and sustainable organization.

The incredibly talented photojournalist Dennis M. Rivera-Pichardo, who unless otherwise specified, photographed all the leaders and projects you just met.

A special thanks to our advisor, Denise M. Byrne who has been crucial to our growth these past two years.

CRL Communications Consultant who designed the report and revised its written content along with...

Mili Landrรณn, Aurora Hernรกndez Galliano, and our amazing community leaders who provided the statistics and impact numbers for the report.

And last but not least to YOU, Our Donors. Thank you for supporting us, our communities and our island.

Looking forward to a 2020 filled with new faces, new collaborations and new developments for our projects.

To continue supporting our work visit committedtopr.org