While in Nuqui, we visited two USAID projects (US Agency for International Development). While USAID has a strong health focus in many countries, their Colombia portfolio focuses on sustainable development and human rights (http://bogota.usembassy.gov/usaid.html). At the first project, the community had built a small spa around a hot springs. When we visited, locals wanting to start small businesses in eco-tourism were finishing a class that covered operating margins, indirect costs, and fixed costs. At the second project, the river guides had created a coop to accumulate capital (dugout canoes, promotional material for the hotels, etc.) for expanding their river and waterfall tour business.