Casa Aurora Uses Soy to Improve Diets and Incomes for HIV-Affected
Casa Aurora members first learned to add soy to their own delicious recipes. Now they are making money by marketing small packages of textured soy protein to help others in their community have better diets too. May 25, 2010....Casa Aurora members first learned to add soy to their own delicious recipes. Now they are making money by marketing small packages of textured soy protein to help others in their community have better diets too.
Honduran women have a new way to make money for their HIV-affected families now that they are trained on how to add soy to their recipes. The World Soy Foundation supports work with Casa Aurora, a local Honduran nongovernmental organization that assists families living with HIV/AIDS.
The National Soybean Research Laboratory team provided training to Casa Aurora in 2008.
Participants learned about the nutritional value of soy protein as well as how to cook with soy in local Honduran recipes. The ladies at Casa Aurora were quick and creative students on how to incorporate soy into their own delicious recipes.
The World Soy Foundation, along with program partners the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health and National Soybean Research Laboratory returned to Casa Aurora in 2009 to develop a microenterprise program with soy. The Casa Aurora team is now marketing small packages of textured soy protein (TSP) in their community. This income-generating activity has already achieved successful sales and continues to grow.
