{"id":39085,"date":"2025-12-03T15:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/?p=39085"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:35:20","slug":"de-la-sequia-a-la-resiliencia-la-historia-de-lesly-y-el-primer-tanque-zamorano-construido-por-escalar-en-la-labor-ocotepeque-honduras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/2025\/12\/03\/de-la-sequia-a-la-resiliencia-la-historia-de-lesly-y-el-primer-tanque-zamorano-construido-por-escalar-en-la-labor-ocotepeque-honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"From Drought to Resilience: The Story of Lesly and the First Zamorano Tank Built by ESCALAR in La Labor, Ocotepeque, Honduras"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><em><em><em><em><em>ESCALAR presents the first of four life stories demonstrating that integrating climate adaptation and a gender approach in the territories of the Central American Dry Corridor in the Trifinio region go hand in hand.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"translation-block\">The ESCALAR project: <em>Scaling Climate Change Adaptation Solutions for Resilience and Reduced Migration in the Central American Dry Corridor<\/em> promotes the mainstreaming of the gender approach in rural territories. Through technical assistance, policy advocacy, strengthening of associative rural enterprises, and climate financing, the project is working comprehensively to reduce the gender gaps prioritized in its Gender Strategy.<\/p><p>With this series of stories collected throughout 2025, ESCALAR presents experiences showing how women are expanding their participation in climate adaptation processes and positioning their contributions in the fight against climate change.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Lesly\u2019s Story<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-938935f7deb26f862ddf475f5f62dd34\" style=\"color:#234e6b\"><em>\u201cBuilding the Zamorano tank was one of the best opportunities. In our case, some of us handled the measurements, others said they didn\u2019t know\u2026 I think the most beautiful part was the experience we had as a group. We learned. The first one was difficult because it was the learning process, but the second one was easier because we had done it before.\u201d<\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ESCALAR3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39089\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6657336800811037;width:489px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ESCALAR3.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ESCALAR3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ESCALAR3-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Lesly Mor\u00e1n Gald\u00e1mez is 27 years old and lives in La Labor, Ocotepeque, Honduras. Together with her mother, Dina Gald\u00e1mez, and her father, H\u00e9ctor Mor\u00e1n, they work in livestock production in a region marked by prolonged droughts.<\/p><p>Ensuring that the cattle remain in good condition to obtain daily production of cheese and milk for sale and household consumption has required Lesly and Dina to organize their time between domestic work and long journeys to move the livestock from one place to another in search of water and food.<\/p><p>It is precisely here where the partnership between ESCALAR and the Mancomunidad de G\u00fcisayote created the enabling conditions for both Lesly and H\u00e9ctor to receive training and build the first Zamorano tank implemented by ESCALAR in the community.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-59e9ec2b885c916d0a1c992e99df7e8c\" style=\"color:#234e6b\"><em>\u201cWe participated in trainings; they explained everything to us, the benefits of the tank, and from there they provided us with the materials for the construction,\u201d <\/em>said Lesly, who decided to actively join all training spaces, motivated by the field technician.<\/p><p>ESCALAR\u2019s training and work methodology made it possible to replicate this construction on other nearby properties, always with constant support from the technician to address any challenges that might arise.<\/p><p>As a result of the project\u2019s support, Lesly has gained access to capacity-building spaces and now plays a leading role in the family\u2019s productive activities. Additionally, the Zamorano tank has allowed the family to have constant access to water for domestic tasks, and during the dry season, it also serves as storage for potable water provided by the municipality.<\/p><p>Now, Lesly and her parents dream of building a greenhouse behind their home. With the tank, they will be able to irrigate the grass, which will eventually allow them to keep the livestock much closer, reducing travel time for her and her family.<\/p><p><strong>About the Series<\/strong><\/p><p>This is the first story in a series produced by ESCALAR. It demonstrates how the project\u2019s work is benefiting rural women\u2014from the implementation of agricultural innovations for adaptation in communities vulnerable to climate change, to the creation of spaces that strengthen their leadership.<\/p><p>To access the ESCALAR project\u2019s Gender Strategy, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ESTRATEGIA-DE-GENERO_ESCALAR-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link<\/a>.<br><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><p><strong>More information\/written by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Fernanda Carrillo Chac\u00f3n<br>Gender, equity and human rights specialist in rural areas<br>ESCALAR Project \u2013 CATIE<br><a href=\"mailto:fernanda.carrillo@catie.ac.cr\">fernanda.carrillo@catie.ac.cr<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><p><\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El proyecto ESCALAR: Escalando soluciones de adaptaci\u00f3n al cambio clim\u00e1tico para la resiliencia y reducci\u00f3n de la migraci\u00f3n en el Corredor Seco Centroamericano impulsala transversalizaci\u00f3n del enfoque de g\u00e9nero en los territorios rurales. 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