Subject: Clinton Foundation Update: Latin America Trip
From: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:21:25 +0000

Hi everyone - we wanted to give you some updates on our trip to Latin America this week.
President Clinton got a firsthand look at the work of the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (CGEP) and CGI commitment-makers in El Salvador, Panama, and Peru.
The Clinton Foundation, through CGEP, is working to develop social enterprises that foster sustainable economic development aimed at helping people work themselves out of poverty, with a focus on increasing opportunities for girls and women. In Latin America, this includes equipping women with sales and skills training and a basket of fortified food and consumer products, which the entrepreneurs then sell to others within their communities - providing essential, life-changing goods and helping to increase household incomes. CGEP also works to empower smallholder farmers by giving them better access to markets and infrastructural improvements for their locally grown produce.
So our friends could follow us along on the trip, President Clinton "took over" the Clinton Foundation's Instagram account<https://instagram.com/clintonfoundation/>, posting pictures of what he saw and who he met. See below for some of those moments.

INCREASING FARMERS' INCOMES IN EL SALVADOR
In El Salvador, President Clinton learned about CGEP's Accesso Oferta program<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/blog/2015/11/09/inclusive-business-models-latin-america?utm_source=sf-fb&utm_medium=social>, which purchases fruits and vegetables from small-scale farmers at favorable payment terms, provides essential training in good agricultural practices, and ensures farmers have access to quality seeds and fertilizers that will significantly improve the quality and yields of the produce they grow. During the visit, President Clinton met Lillian Pacheco and Edgar Lemus, two farmers who have benefited from the program. Lillian's income has increased from $200 per month to $900 and Edgar's from $350 per month to $1,100.

Read an English translation of an article<https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laprensagrafica.com%2F2015%2F11%2F09%2Fexpresidente-de-eua-bill-clinton-visita-hoy-el-salvador&edit-text=&act=url> about the visit in El Salvador's largest newspaper.
Check out photos of the visit to El Salvador: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/estados-unidos/article43917042.html

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Share photos of the visit on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/663925303471943680
Share info on CGEP's innovative model on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/664473885899902976

GENERATING CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PANAMA
President Clinton then headed to Panama, where he visited the Coclé Windfarm, part of the CGI Commitment to Action "Million Investment in Latin America's Renewable Energy." President Clinton and partners toured the wind farm, hearing about its construction, the environmental benefits it offers, and the cost savings associated with the recently introduced renewable energy.
Read an Associated Press piece about the visit: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article44197224.html
Read a CNN piece about the visit: http://www.wtol.com/story/30485543/bill-clinton-visits-largest-wind-farm-in-central-america
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Share a video of the wind farm on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/664187597221191681

Empowering women entrepreneurs in Peru
The tour's last stop took President Clinton to Lima, Peru. In the morning, he visited a depot that houses a fleet of buses running of compressed natural gas, helping the city reduce carbon emissions. This work is a result of a partnership between C40, the Clinton Climate Initiative, and the City of Lima. Clinton Foundation Chair Bruce Lindsey signed a Letter of Intent to relaunch C40's work in Lima.
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In the afternoon, President Clinton met with women entrepreneurs that participate in CGEP's Chakipi Acceso program, a last-mile distribution enterprise that equips women in various regions in Peru with sales skills training and essential products, which the entrepreneurs then sell to others within their communities - providing essential, life-changing goods that are otherwise hard or impossible to access. President Clinton learned about how the entrepreneurs select their products, observed onsite product training, and heard from several women in the program about how the project has benefitted their families and improved their incomes.

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Read a couple articles about President Clinton's visit here: http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-former-us-president-clinton-highlights-women-empowerment-in-lima-584161.aspx
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/bill-clinton-visits-peru-on-final-stop-of-latin-america-tour/2015/11/11/c0c28f26-88c0-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html

Share photos of the visit on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/664865648556826624