On Thursday of our Brigade, we visited the Hotel Bristol Buenaventura (http://www.thebristol.com/buenaventura/eng/travel.html). It is a luxurious hotel located on the Pacific coast of Panama. We were given a tour of the grounds to see the 2 pools and 5 or 6 restaurants on location. The hotel has rooms and well as villas that sleep up to 8 people. The villas are amazing! This is a definitely a place I would love to stay. After touring, we sat down in an air-conditioned gazebo to sample the restaurant's fare and meet the chef. Our intention at this hotel was to assess what products they purchase and in what quantities on a weekly basis, so that we could report to the farmers we are working with. We want them to be able to sell their vegetables to hotels in order to gain more profit. We were served lemon-pineapple smoothies and freshly made empanadas during our meeting. Delicious!
The meeting was extremely helpful, and we visited the beach on the way home to celebrate! While we were swimming, the farmers went shopping. They used their $1300 capital investment to purchase materials for their farms in order to improve infrastructure. After returning home from the beach, we had a large group meeting where we determined what workshops would be most effective for the next day. We assessed what the farmers' needs were and what knowledge gaps existed. We then crafted 2 workshops and an English lesson for Friday. The first workshop would be about business communication and the second about sales and negotiation.
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