Activity Description: The Avina Foundation promotes environmentally and socially sustainable development by facilitating the creation of constructive and inclusive communities.

By funding organizations that improve community services and increase opportunities, AVina promotes responsible citizenship, enhances social capital, and contributes to the construction of more sustainable societies.

Some of the sustainable activities Avina has funded or created include: co-launching the Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUNDES); catalyzing the adoption of CSR practices for all businesses that make up Brazil's "Industrial Federation of Rio de Janeiro"; empowering women in agriculture; and delivering skills training and job opportunities to at-risk youth in Peru.