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Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

Mexico

Climate Change (GG Green)

Help train subsistence farmers on eco-friendly farming methods. This improves the income and health of families, protects the rainforest and conserves resources for future generations.

How You Can Help:

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$25 - 1 coffee farmer can convert to organic methods, creating bird habitats

$50 - 2 farmers can learn how to raise cattle without cutting down the rainforest

$140 - 5 trees can be saved each year as 1 family can install wood-saving stoves

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or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Youth Venture Mexico (Avancemos)

Mexico

Education

Avancemos helps young people to lead a positive social change. We inspire and provide them with the proper tools so they can create and launch their own ventures in benefit of their communities.

How You Can Help:

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$30 - One team will be trained on sustainability

$50 - A team will give a "Human Rights Workshop” in a community of San Luis Potosi

$70 - Pays for 150 pamphlets for a workshop on sustainable development in Oaxaca

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or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Grow Clean Food & Harvest Water in Rural Oaxaca

Mexico

Environment

We provide practical solutions for improving quality of life for 30 rural families in Oaxaca by teaching them how to grow their own food, catch rainwater for irrigation, and cook with solar energy.

How You Can Help:

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$10 - Buys 5 organic seed packets for a family's household organic garden

$25 - Buys 5 organic seed packets and 1 drip irrigation systen for a family's household organic garden

$50 - Provides the opportunity for one farmer to attend a hands-on organic agriculture workshop session

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Promoting Kickapoo heritage for kids in Mexico

Mexico

Education

This project provides 300 families and/or schools with didactic materials in three languages to learn or reassure the cultural elements of Kickapoo heritage.

How You Can Help:

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$10 - 2 kids and their families will play together and learn or reassure the elements of the Kickapoo heritage

$15 - 3 families or a classroom will play together and learn/reassure the elements of the Kickapoo heritage

$30 - a school can have a set of trilingual board games about the Kickapoo heritage

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or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Community Center for Sex Workers in Mexico

Mexico

Human Rights

Casa Xochiquetzal will serve as a community center for independent sex workers and as housing for elderly sex workers who want to explore alternate forms of income and lead dignified lives.

How You Can Help:

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$50 - Pays for 10 women to attend a handcrafts workshop.

$100 - Pays for one month of utilities expenses.

$120 - Pays for one women’s monthly psychological attention.

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Ergonomic benches for Mexican backstrap weavers

Mexico

Economic Development

This project: teaches carpenters how to make the ergonomic bench. It trains weavers to use the bench to protect their health and increase their income potential, while also preserving weaving culture.

How You Can Help:

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$25 - helps educate one backstrap weaver to use the bench safely and with maximum benefit

$200 - helps provide a train-the-trainer program to enable one weaver to become a trainer for other weavers

$1200 - helps provide a start-up kit & tech support for a local carpenter to make benches for the community

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or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Salvage Precious Forests in Mexico

Mexico

Environment

La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve is half its original size due to forest fires used to clear land. Rare is protecting regional plant and animal species by teaching communities to farm more sustainably.

How You Can Help:

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$50 - Help create about 50 bumper stickers

$150 - Help produce information pamplets to distribute to farmers

$250 - Assist Alejandro's campaign travel and sustainable farming demonstrations

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or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Int'l Teacher Training on Agriculture - Mexico

Mexico

Education

The Growing Connection trains youth and their communities to grow produce with water-saving, high-yield techniques and connects them to the Internet for info, advice, and communications with peers.

How You Can Help:

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$20 - Will provide training materials for a teacher on vermiculture-compost methods

$50 - Will provide materials to demonstrate water harvesting techniques.

$100 - Will provide one hour of expert university level horticultural training

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or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

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