| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 39.01 |
| Liaison | YOLANDA MENDOZA CAVAZOS |
| Submission Date | June 19, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
EN-9: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Yolanda
Mendoza MSc. Sustainability |
Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “supportive”?:
A brief description of the institution’s supportive sustainability partnership(s) with the local community:
COMASS (Operational Centre of Multidisciplinary Attention and Social Service)created in 2004, has its main purpose to link students with the vulnerable community in order to apply the knowledge acquired in the classroom.
It also provides free services in Health, Nursing, Social Work, Psichology, Law, Informatics and Statistics to the community.
Always intended to impact the community in the short, medium and long term, through free brigades and the collaboration of public institutions.
The working area covers low income and vulnerable neighborhoods of the city as well as users from communities near Victoria city.
It is currently serving 6 neighborhoods and has benefit 12522 people so far.
Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “collaborative”?:
A brief description of the institution's collaborative sustainability partnership(s):
Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “transformative”?:
A brief description of the institution's transformative sustainability partnership(s) with the local community:
Another project of community partnership is the distribution of laying hens to families in rural communities of Victoria for auto-consumption and/or for eggs sale.
This is a project that takes place annually, but has the constant participation of students that are in charge of monitoring the growth process of the hens during the project (the first weeks)
It is designed for families in rural areas of Victoria city in order to get them additional income, providing better nutrition to their families and encourage roots in their communities.
It is done in collaboration with the municipal government and UAT University, particularly the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science.
Annually about 10 thousand laying hens are distributed to families in rural communities. In the first year the 94% survival of birds and a production between 60 and 70 eggs per week for both consumption and marketing. This has managed to revive the economy in this sector so the University are trying to continue implementing this program
A brief description of the institution’s sustainability partnerships with distant (i.e. non-local) communities:
The website URL where information about sustainability partnerships is available:
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