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Describes the relationship between the Foundation for Housing Promotion (FUPROVI), Representaciones Televisivas (Repretel), and Mutual Heredia. The partnership was built to respond to the emergency situation affecting the south of Costa Rica after Hurricane Caesar hit the area in July 1996. A campaign was launched to raise funds to build houses for the families that had been left homeless. Deals with the description of the "A Roof for the South--Building with Love" campaign, the joint venture undertaken by the above-mentioned organizations. FUPROVI's executive director needed to determine the characteristics potential partner organizations should have for successful and lasting future partnerships.

Describes the story of Posada Amazonas, a tourist lodge in the Peruvian jungle, which resulted from a collaboration agreement between the native community Eseja de Infierno and the tourism firm Rainforest Expeditions (RFE). The partnership agreement was signed in 1997 for a period of 20 years. It provided for the native community to work in tourism exclusively with RFE and protected the area's tourist resources. In turn, RFE had to procure the necessary financing to build the lodge and was expected to manage the venture. RFE had to train the community in lodge operations. After the contract expired, the community had the option to continue the partnership or assume management of the lodge on its own. Posada Amazonas received several national and international awards and was the topic of various articles in prestigious tourism and ecotourism magazines. However, RFE's management faced some trouble with the community staff. Turnover was compulsory every two years, but the community was not large enough to provide new, qualified personnel that often. The community itself had some old internal problems that had a negative impact on the business relationship with RFE, too. Lodge operations were also compromised by frequent irregularities in airlines that brought tourists into Puerto Maldonado and by the lack of a good locale.