Jesus the Worker Agro-industrial Training Center

Jesus the Worker Agro-industrial Training Center (CCAIJO) was founded by the Jesuits in 1971 among the peasantry in the Quispicanchi Province of Peru. It trains farmers in sustainable development especially in the areas of processing, marketing, environmental care, and water projects along with improved housing and civic participation.[1][2]

Jesus the Worker
Agro-industrial Training Center
Asociación Jesús Obrero
AbbreviationCCAIJO
Established1971; 53 years ago (1971)
PurposeIntegral development of peasantry
HeadquartersAndahuaylillas city
Andahuaylillas District
Quispicanchi Province, Peru
Region served
Quispicanchi province of Peru
AffiliationsJesuit, Catholic
WebsiteCCAIJO

CCAIJO won the Antonio Brack Egg 2015 national award from the Ministry of Environment for its Projects to Confront Climate Change in Rural Areas with the construction of micro-dams.[3][failed verification]

References

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  1. ^ "Qué hacemos". www.ccaijo.org.pe (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  2. ^ "Presence of the Society of Jesus in Quispicanchi - La Ruta del Barroco Andino". La Ruta del Barroco Andino. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  3. ^ "SPDA ganó dos categorías del Premio Nacional Ambiental". SPDA Actualidad Ambiental (in European Spanish). 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2017-11-03.

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