Local Development

Chain of Vicuñas in Pasco in Peru

Local Economic Diversification Project – Mixed Social Commitment Project (Environmental + Social).

Currently, 53 families are benefited by the project, which seeks to improve the sustainability and productivity of vicuña farming in Pasco. 

This initiative annually carries out the implementation and cultivation of 15 hectares of pastures, in addition to the introduction of genetic improvement modules, developing in the participants technical-productive and management skills, promoting the transformation and increasing the added value of products from vicuña wool.

Tourism Chain - AGP Tourism

Tourism is one of the fronts of action for local development in different municipalities where Nexa is present. In Três Marias, the strategy integrates local tourism with the municipality of São Gonçalo do Abaeté, connected by the São Francisco River in a regional Tourism Plan, which intends to strengthen and develop the potentials of the two municipalities to move tourism in the region, generating more income and diversifying the local economy.

The initiative was born in a participative way, from the Local Development Plan – LDP made with the communities, where public authorities and communities prioritized where and how they wanted Nexa’s voluntary social investment to be carried out. 

The creation of the logo of Beira Rio – São Gonçalo do Abaeté as a tourist destination, is a strategy to publicize the destination, aiming to increase the income generated by tourism with the increase of visitors’ circulation in the region.

Somos Todos

A volunteer program present in 10 locations in Brazil and Peru that contributes to the creation of a joint legacy with the community. Its proposal is to foster social participation and the development of local networks and alliances, providing dialogue and greater engagement of communities and businesses for sustainable local development. Learn about some of the actions of this initiative:

– Program to promote reading, vocational guidance, mentoring and school reinforcement (mathematical and logical) for high school students;

– Programs to promote female empowerment and gender equity, with emphasis on workshops on entrepreneurship, mental health, and female protagonism;

– Programs on environmental preservation;

– Actions aimed at improving local infrastructure and encouraging tourism; 

– School infrastructure actions;

– Collection, delivery of food and hygiene materials to economically vulnerable families and flood victims in Minas Gerais, in addition to the collection of items focused on the prevention of Covid-19, such as the Masks for Good action, in Três Marias, which made and distributed protective masks.

Yellow line

In order to contribute to the local development of the areas where it operates, Nexa delivered more than 6 million soles to the rural community of Chavin, in Ica, Peru, for the purchase of a set of machines composed of a front-end loader, a backhoe loader, a bulldozer and an excavator.

Sheep Chain

The project’s main objective is to increase the economic income of families engaged in sheep farming, through improvements in business management skills. It takes place in three annexes in the San Francisco de Asís district of Yarusyacán: Ayuque, Machcan, and Huancamachay, benefiting 150 families.