Grupo de mulheres idealistas: economia solidária e contribuições para o município do Congo/PB.

Abstract

Currently, rural women try to develop projects that benefit families with productive activities and socio-economic sustainable development to provide certain communities, as well as better living conditions for families in general. "Women Healers" Community located in Santa Rita de Cima - Congo / PB, with his work from the production of sustainable products benefit those who produce and those who got them, because it is a natural product, good quality and low cost. The overall goal of this work is to analyze the group and its formation as a mechanism for balancing the Solidarity Economy, and their social and economic contributions to the city of Congo. We performed an exploratory study with a qualitative case study and literature review, with notes on the researcher's field diary. The project contributes to all involved with social improvements and economic gains for local production, soil fertility due to lack of pesticides in family farming, which combines intelligent values the solidarity economy, avoiding waste and giving protection to the environment in which they live from recycling activities. Therefore, further studies should be done about this issue of paramount social and academic.