Agros International

Mission

Agros exists to see rural poor families in developing nations own agricultural land, attain economic self-sufficiency, cultivate a livelihood and pass on to future generations the values and resources that enable them to flourish.

Programs

Agros has worked to develop over 30 economically sustainable villages built on the foundation of land permanence and ownership for the rural poor. We work to implement a holistic village development program, focused on community development and education, economic sustainability, and land ownership.

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Support Sustainability for Mexican Farmers	Buy Land and Housing for Central America Families	Help Families Affected by Hurricane Felix!	Offer Latin American Farmers Microenterprise Loans
Help Mexican Farmers Raise Sheep and Incomes	Health & Dignity for 20 Guatemalan Families	Help Build a Village by Walking With a Family	Help Build a Village by Walking With a Family
Water Well Need - Norwich, Nicaragua	Enabling Honduran Farmers to Earn Their Own Land	Water Well Need - Futuro de Manana, Nicaragua	Women's and Children's Health Initiative
Women's and Children's Health Initiative	Enabling Honduran Farmers to Earn Their Own Land	LEAP: Leadership and Education to Abandon Poverty	Enabling Mexican Farmers to Earn Their Own Land
Enabling Mexican Farmers to Earn Their Own Land

Personnel Overview

Gregory Rake - President, Agros International
Greg served for 20 years in Latin America with MAP International, Project Concern and Mennonite Central Committee in health and development activities. He led successful health education initiatives related to cholera and AIDS and logistic systems for the Ministry of Heath in Bolivia. Greg has a Master’s in Health Services and is an editor of Serving with the Poor in Latin America.

Kira López - Regional Coordinator, Noemí Fund
Kira earned her Master’s in Business at the INCAE Business School in Nicaragua, which is supported academically by Harvard. Before joining Agros in 2004, she was the general director of a rural credit fund for World Vision Nicaragua for seven years. She brings experience, technology, financial acuity, and compassion for the poor together in service through credit.

Chi-Dooh "Skip" Li - Founder & Chairman of the Board
Skip, a member of Legislative Committee of the Washington State Bar Association, is a Founding Partner of the business law firm, Ellis, Li & McKinstry, PLLC. The son of a Taiwanese diplomat to Guatemala, Skip grew up in Guatemala City. He founded Agros as a response to the disputes over land ownership that contributed to the violence of Guatemala's 30-year civil war.

Personnel Statistics

Gregory Rake,
President
Founded in 1984
Employees: 60
Volunteers: 50