The organization is committed to supporting community empowerment through the collaborative implementation of local, sustainable, and grass-roots projects. As a nonprofit 501(c)(3), we will make use of the OFAC humanitarian license which will allow the organization to directly benefit disadvantaged communities in Cuba. Additionally, an OFAC license will permit BACCA to organize travel to Cuba for
groups of individuals who wish to participate in crucial and exciting community supported projects and collaborations. BACCA’s humanitarian assistance positively impacts the lives and prospects of Cuban people in specific communities that are especially in need of supplementary support, economic development and basic infrastructure such as potable water. The organization is especially focused on youth empowerment through education and the arts, and the preservation and perpetuation of a rich cultural heritage within the community. BACCA is currently collaborating with members of a rural community outside of the city of Pilon in the south east region of the island, to carry out a number of projects aimed to create simple but fundamental changes towards the improvement of local conditions and provide the community with the encouragement and empowerment to sustain these improvements into the future! Current and Future Projects:
• Water Works: Renewable Energy Well Pump/Turbine, Tank, Filtration/Gray Water, conservation workshops, rainwater harvesting
• Earth Bag Construction & Workshops: Community Center, serving as a Library and Information Resource, Office/Internet access point for Community, Workshop/Learning/Teaching space, Seed Bank, Yoga/meditation space, Theatre/Performance/Music/Arts space, Star Observatory
• Bee hive/Bee keeper Collective, resource center
• Dried Fruit Collective
• Construction/workshops such as Compost Toilets, other permaculture/appropriate technology projects
• Further construction of the guest-house; kitchen and communal dining area, adobe oven and floors, continual work on garden and landscaping, water harvesting, and terracing
• Continual national/international cultural/educational exchange.
• Local Community Museum for Indigenous Artifacts and History.
• Renovation of small temple on the Hill of the Virgin, situated between Corcobao, La Avispa, and Nuevo Mundo.
