Families in a Guatemala village will get chickens and pigs to produce their own food and generate income.

Economic Development > Build a Sustainable Community in Rural Guatemala

Build a Sustainable Community in Rural Guatemala

Summary

30 indigenous families will raise egg-laying hens, chickens and pigs to sell locally. They will use the profits to provide school scholarships for children and start a reforestation project. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $7,237 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The village of Cruz Nueva is more than 20 miles by dirt road from the nearest town. Goods such as eggs and meat, which must be brought in from other areas, are often priced too high for families to afford, and malnutrition is a serious concern for many indigenous families. School fees are also too expensive for farmers. This project will help 30 farming families raise hens and pigs for sale locally, using the profits to feed their children and send them to school.

Activities

3 loans to 10 families each to buy livestock; training for the families in livestock care, financial administration and creation of tree nursery; creation of school scholarship program.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $7,237

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $7,237. The original project funding goal was $7,237.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

450 families will purchase eggs and meat at affordable prices, feeding over 1,000 children. 80+ children will receive support for education. Participating families will plant 500+ trees, decreasing erosion and protecting aquifers.

Project Message

There is a huge demand here for eggs and we want to start filling this need. No one else is raising chickens, so we plan to create a manual based on our experience that we can share with others.
- Ismael Hernandez, project participant

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Yael Falicov,
IDEX Latin America Program Director
827 Valencia St.
Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
(415) 824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

APROSADSE
13 Calle A, 6-23
Zona 2
San Martín Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango na
Guatemala
(502) 7883-0207
http://idex.org/partner.php?partner_id=20

Learn more about APROSADSE and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Guatemala and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 11, 2006.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 01, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Project Update (January to December 2006)

By Katherine Zavala - IDEX Program Fellow, December 11, 2006 04:55 PM

Group RUKUX IXIM.

• During the month of January, a 12-month plan was elaborated for raising 2,500 egg-laying hens.

• Since May, the project activities were initiated by first constructing an adequate chicken coop.

• On June 15, the group Rukux Ixim bought 2,500 chicks that had 12 hours of birth and placed them in the newly constructed chicken coop.

• From this date on, Isaquel Hernandez became the maintenance personnel to take care of the chicks during 4 months until they became egg-laying hens.

• During their second week of age, the chicks were vaccinated for disease prevention.

• During the four months, the group would meet every end of month (and weekends when it was urgent) to evaluate the activities and the growth status of the chicks.

• At the beginning of October, the promotion of egg-laying hens sales were initiated to get people and local community groups interested in buying the hens.

• On October 16, egg-laying hens were sold at a price of $5.70 each. Isaquel calculated the price based on the production costs.

• The hens obtained a high demand. At the end, there were not enough hens to satisfy the market’s demand.

• According to the project management, a positive profit was obtained this year, which will encourage the group to invest again in 2007.

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