Support Sustainability for Latin American Farmers

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With your support, communities in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua will be able to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The majority of the members of these communities live below the poverty line, earning less than US$1-2 a day. Trapped in a cycle of basic survival, they pay exorbitant rents for poor quality land or work for desperately low wages as migrant laborers. Agros restores hope for such families by purchasing farmland, providing agricultural training, and much more. Families pay back the cost of the land, earning right to its title, & making loans available to new families.

Activities

Agros offers families the opportunity to earn land over time. Last year, many of the villages started the cultivation of crops, small animal husbandry projects, a community bank for small businesses, and received training in natural medicine.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $85
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $9,915
Total Funding Goal: $10,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The Agros Model works to ensure economic, environmental, organizational, and social sustainability. Sustainability is not only key for the villagers themselves but for the long-term and integrated approach that addresses these issues.

Project Message

We see a radical change in these families’ lives once they move onto their land. Enabling farmers to earn land enables them to rediscover their dignity.
- Mario Morales, Executive Director, Agros Guatemala

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sean Dimond,
Director of Marketing and Communications
4258 8th Ave NE
Seattle, Washington 98105
United States
(206)528-1066
Email:

Project Sponsor

Agros International

Organization

Agros International
2225 4th Avenue
Suite 200
Seattle, Washington 98121
United States
206-528-1066
http://www.agros.org

Learn more about Agros International 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 November 12, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 12, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Summer 2007 Update Summary

By Laurie Werner - Program Director, November 12, 2007 01:06 PM


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