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Sustainable Agriculture for Women Farmers
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Summary
MADRE will provide farm animals and sustainable agriculture training to Indigenous Ixil women in El Quiché, Guatemala, helping them generate economic resources and develop sustainable livelihoods.
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Received $986 from 10 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The Ixil are a highland Maya community in Guatemala who are still suffering the effects of the decades-long Guatemalan civil war. Families in the region are unable to purchase basic necessities, much less livestock. This forces young people to emigrate to urban centers in search of work. MADRE will aid 225 Ixil women participants in this sustainable agriculture, food security, and economic development project.
Activities
Services include: Provide pigs, corn, and supplies to 225 women; train 12 participants to lead future trainings; develop a marketing plan that includes local and urban markets; and create a revolving loan fund to support new participants.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $986
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $61,364
Total Funding Goal: $62,350
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
The project improves the diets of Ixil women and families in El Quiché and offers them food security; raises women's status in their communities, and offers them income-generating opportunities and marketing experience.
Project Message
With MADRE, we are excited to begin this project, which will teach us new ways to farm and help us feed our families.
- Mariela, Indigenous Ixil farmer
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on May 29, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 25, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
A Letter from Muixil
By Vivian Stromberg - Executive Director, May 29, 2008 04:52 PM
"Thank you, MADRE, for your financial support. Congratulations, MADRE, for recognizing what we do. This project has a lot of meaning for us. MADRE helps to make our community strong. We are planning to increase the size of our project by buying more pigs, and we want to develop new projects. We want our daughters to see us as strong women so they can believe in their own strength. When we get rid of macho ideas, we can grow our beautiful earth and all our projects will make the families in our community have better lives. And our daughters will be able to live their dreams. Thank you, MADRE! Congratulations, MADRE!"
--Engracia and Ana, Canton Vipila Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala.
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