Support Sustainability for El Salvadoran Farmers

Summary

Enable one family in a new Agros village in El Salvador to increase its income through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, to buy the land that they are working. progress reportread updates from the field

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Land is a precious commodity throughout the world. Disenfranchised rural families lack access to the kind of credit needed to buy their own land. 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 and opportunity for such families by purchasing farmland, providing agricultural training, and much more. Families pay back the cost of the land, proudly earning right to its title.

Activities

Your help enables future Agros families to: raise and sell crops and animals; learn skills to increase incomes; gain access to potable water; build and grow their own businesses; and experience God’s blessing in their lives and relationships.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,660
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,875
Total Funding Goal: $7,535

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 desire that our children…have a quality education, good health, and, as we pay off the land through Agros, that they would have a place to live & farm. This is the future we want for our childre
- Isabel Recinos, Villager, San Diego, El Salvador

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sean Dimond,
Director of Marketing and Communications
4528 8th Ave NE
Suite 1A
Seattle, WA 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 El Salvador and can also be found under Economic Development.

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 27, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 13, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Village Update Summer 2008

By Laurie Werner - Program Director, August 27, 2008 07:13 PM

Attached you will find the Summer update for the Agros village of San Diego de Tenago. Every quarter, the Agros U.S. office receives a progress report on each village on topics such as: Community Organization, Land Ownership, Housing and Infrastructure, Community Education and Training, and Sustainable Economic Growth.
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