Tagged: Bi-National Programme

WEBSITE:

https://www.mkcosmeticos.com

COUNTRY:

Dominican Republic

COMPANY PROFILE:

Created in 2002 in Santo Domingo, Laboratorio MK Cosméticos SRL, is a cosmetic laboratory whose main objective is the manufacture, sale and distribution of hair cosmetic products based on complete hair care. Branded “Vitaly” the product is exclusively sold in beauty salons, while the other brands are distributed in supermarkets and other stores of the Large-scale Organized Distribution.

PRODUCTS:

The company currently has six hair product lines: Vitaly, Sedoso, Finely, Mi Kakito (MK), Evo Beauty and Redsy. These products cover all aspects of hair care, including the prevention of hair loss, growth aid, hair straightening, hair restructuring, hair color, hair Ph balance, and energize, hydrate, nourish and soften the hair.

COUNTRY:

Haiti

WEBSITE:

http://www.tisaksuk.com

COMPANY PROFILE:

Tisaksuk, a corporation based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti has been in the artisanal business since 2013. The company produces handmade textiles and artisanal products and promotes the use of “made in Haiti” locally and abroad. Tisaksuk works with local artisans to design and create wonderful pieces using different mediums, that serves as a link and venue to sell these merchandises in her boutiques.

The company’s mission is to bring sustainable economic and social development to the people of Haiti through apprenticeship at our workshop in Carrefour, job creation and the promotion of civic engagement.

PRODUCTS:

Tisaksuk’s products include clothing (men, women, children, baby); home goods (table runner, pillow cases, coffee set); and accessories (clutches, messenger bags, jewelry).

WEBSITE:

https://www.lafuentedelajuventudrd.com/

COUNTRY:

Dominican Republic

COMPANY PROFILE:

PSEI Productions, S.R.L. represents Monteadita Agroindustrial Ecológica, a company dedicated to the manufacture of organic products, under the brand name “La Fuente de la Juventud”. PSEI Productions, S.R.L. production fuses organic cultivation through an ecological process, based on a circular economy. The process ranges from cultivation, dehydration in solar chambers, electrification with renewable energy and packaging that does not affect the environment. The main purpose of the company is to provide consumers with innovative organic products, whose main characteristic is to provide nutrients, without adding any additives, preservatives, and incipients, that is, nothing that alters the products’ natural condition, whilst promoting health and well-being.

PRODUCTS:

PSEI Productions, S.R.L. organic and innovative range of products include:

• Chinoibra
• Non-essential oregano oil
• Cocoa almonds
• Raw honey of bees
• Whole Oregano
• Oregano Powder
• Beetroot powder
• Oregano essential oil
• Unrefined virgin avocado oil
• Eucalyptus essential oil
• Fusion of several essential oils in combination with the castor oil to produce a product for hair growth.
• Combination of essential oils and fig oils for hair and beard growth.

WEBSITE:

https://www.ayitika.com

COUNTRY:

Haiti

COMPANY PROFILE:

AYITIKA is a social enterprise created in 2012 whose objective is to enhance the quality of Haiti’s cocoas in niche markets and to increase incomes in rural areas. The company intervenes on the entire chain (selection of exceptional varieties, production, technical accompaniment producers, fermentation marketing). AYITIKA has a thousand small producer partners operating 300 hectares with which a fair relationship is established. Thanks to an innovative research and development policy and the creation of partnerships with international research centres and chocolatiers, the company has a specialized team and processes in line with international standards. AYITIKA has relaunched production in 3 previously unvalued terroirs (land): South-East, South and Nippes. The company’s social commitment also translates into collaboration with universities, sector ministries and cooperation in Haiti to ensure an overall progression of the thread.

PRODUCTS:

The company today offers products and services in B to B: a) Seedlings of transplanted cocoa (aromatic, productive, adapted clones); b) Biofertilizers (vermicompot, bocashi); c) Technical advice services and d) Fermented cocoa following a process guaranteeing the maintenance of the original aromas of beans and natural environment (terroirs).

WEBSITE:

https://www.conacado.com.do/

COUNTRY:

Dominican Republic

COMPANY PROFILE:

Conacado Agrodindustrial is the result of a successful cooperation between small and medium cocoa farmers, the appropriate intervention from European cooperation and the Dominican Republic government with the goal to re-birth the Dominican cocoa sector. Before, the association was linked with a project between the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) and the Cocoa Department in the Agricultural sector of the government of the Dominican Republic. The national confederation was established in 1970 because of the association with local farmers.

PRODUCTS:

Conacado product line includes, Fermented cocoa beans (18010000), un-fermented cocoa beans, cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, chocolate.

COUNTRY:

Dominican Republic

COMPANY PROFILE:

CHOCOLALA SRL is a women-led chocolate factory established by Ms. Ana Idalia Navarro in 1990, because of her vision to create economic opportunities for women in the community of Las Lajas, Altamira, province of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Thanks to this effort, the company has learned how to transform cocoa into consumer products and over the years have decided to organize and train employees, thus creating the Ana Idalia Navarro Mother Center and later the company CHOCOLALA SRL.

CHOCOLALA SRL is committed to producing quality products and ensures that the raw material (cocoa) adheres to the strictest quality standards and suppliers must be certified. The company currently has a range of nineteen (19) different products, producing five quintals (500kg) of cocoa daily. Of these products several have entered national supermarkets and large chains such as CCN, which has provided the incentive for the company to continue to expand to other markets.

PRODUCTS:

CHOCOLALA SRL produce natural chocolates, wines, butter, and gofio.

COUNTRY:

Haiti

COMPANY PROFILE:

Tipik Creations is a Haiti’s Eco Chic Unique Design and Artisanal Boutique for furniture and home goods. The Tipik Creations brand feature furniture, product designs and home goods that are inspired by nature and are complex in form and structure.

PRODUCTS:

Tipik Creations produces handicraft items made of vines, basketry, papier mâché, buffalo horn, goat skin, and beads.

COUNTRY:

Dominican Republic

COMPANY PROFILE:

Created as a non-profit entity interested in building a country brand that facilitates the projection of products in national and international markets, ACHADOM brings together a new generation of tailors and dressmakers, committed to excellence. The company aims to boost chacabana into the distinctive apparel of the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean region.

PRODUCTS:

Dominican artisan chacabanas for ladies, men, and children.

COUNTRY:

Dominican Republic

COMPANY PROFILE:

Cristina Nunez, Artesanias produces handmade crafts made of natural and biodegradable materials, coconut jícara (calabash), cow horn, cow bone, wood cutouts, resin, amber and larimar. It is a whole cycle of work ranging from the collection of raw materials, design, elaboration, and sale of items placed in Dominican shops and gift shops, as well as small sales in Italy, Spain and rich port.

PRODUCTS:

Cristina Nunez, Artesanias produces spoons, napkins, trays, coasters, rings, collars and wallets.

WEBSITE:

https://www.choublachaiti.com

COUNTRY:

Haiti

COMPANY PROFILE:

CHOUBLAC is a small Haitian company founded in 2010 under the umbrella of Caribbean Island Apparel, S.A. CHOUBLAC specializes in exquisite local handcrafted goods. The company’s mission is to promote sustainable change in Haiti’s artisan communities through innovation, design guidance, high standards of quality control and socially responsible trade practices. CHOUBLAC seek out, organize, and mobilize the creative talents of Haiti’s artisans, helping them to achieve beautiful products with lasting results. The company has two outlets in Haiti and have thrived over the past ten years to provide a reliable market for these artisans. Over 500 artisans within these communities benefit from CHOUBLAC business and many groups are mainly women.

PRODUCTS:

The CHOUBLAC Collection is unique and distinguishes itself from the usual Haitian crafts because the company constantly spends time innovating and improving the quality standards with the artisans and providing design guidance based on the current market trends. All CHOUBLAC’s products are skillfully handcrafted and represent the very best quality in their category. The company promotes economic growth in the communities in which it works and endeavors to enhance the image of Haiti through the beauty of its crafts and the talent of its people.

WEBSITE:

https://xocolat.com.do/

COUNTRY:

Dominican Republic

COMPANY PROFILE:

Xocolat created in 1993 by Chef Diana Munné, is a third-generation cocoa and chocolate business operating in the Dominican Republic for more than 80 years. The company has produced the first artisanal chocolates using the best Organic Cocoa Hispaniola grown in the Dominican Republic.

Combining chocolate with the finest ingredients XOCOLAT makes an exquisite variety of chocolates. Since 1993 -1999 the company has specialized in presenting and decorating its products to meet the demanding needs of its customers. In 2000 it began to enter the corporate market with customized products for the hotel and retail market. By 2005 Xocolat incorporated the pastry line using chocolate as its main ingredient.

The company operates a specialty chocolate store at the centre of Santo Domingo, with complete lines of different products all using their own chocolate brand Xocolat to produce beverages, bonbons, truffles, chocolates cakes and many different novelties.

PRODUCTS:

Xocolat produces chocolate bars for hotel amenities and gift shops including:

• Caribbean flavours chocolate bars, 48 grs from origins Hispaniola cacao and 5 flavours distinctive from our Caribbean islands
• Traditional bars 48gr, 5 flavours, pure flavours of our 100% Hispaniola cacao
• Rustic aged Dark chocolate bars 22gr, 4 flavours, first grind process chocolate, purest form of eating raw chocolate, very dark and
• Caraques

WEBSITE:

http://www.makayachocolat.com

COUNTRY:

Haiti

COMPANY PROFILE:

Makaya Chocolat, is the first chocolate laboratory based in Haiti. The company’s production ranges from transformation of the beans to bars, pralines, dragées (sweets consisting of a center covered with a coating), desserts, sculptures… everything that is possible and imaginable with chocolate.

PRODUCTS:

Makaya Chocolat produces Chocolate Bars, pralines, dragées, hot chocolate, desserts, sculptures, chocolate Liquors and fountains.