Enabling Honduran Farmers to Earn Their Own Land
Summary
Agros loans land to rural families struggling to survive. Through agricultural and business training coupled with micro-loans, Agros enables rural families to own land in a thriving community.
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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 in Honduras by purchasing farmland, providing agricultural training, and much more. Families pay back the cost of the land, proudly earning right to its title.
Activities
Loan payments fund the purchase of land for new Agros communities.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,460
Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed
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 $1,460 as of Feb 26, 2004. The original project funding goal was $51,700.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.agros.org)
- Agros Honduras Feasibility Study (http://www.agros.org/Agros Honduras Feasibility Study)
- Agros Photo Page (http://www.geocities.com/agrosfoundation/agros_photopage.html)
- UN Rural Poverty Report 2001 (http://www.ifad.org/poverty/indix.htm)
- World Bank Report on Private Land Reform (http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/ardext.nsf/24ByDocName/TheTheoryBehindMarket-AssistedLandReform)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Agros offers families the opportunity to earn land over time through the fruits of their own labor.
Project Message
The communities are very proud of their harvests and their new income. Hope is being restored to families who have not owned land for generations.
- Norma Martinez, Executive Director of Agros Honduras
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Norma Martinez
Executive Director of Agros Honduras
Hospital Evangelico
Apartado 15
Siguatepeque, Honduras
Honduras
011-504-773-0351
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Agros International
2225 4th Avenue Suite 200
Seattle,
Washington
98121
United States
206-528-1066
http://www.agros.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Honduras
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about Honduras, read the Human Development Report on Honduras or the Wikipedia entry for Honduras.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 20, 2003
Latest Update from the Field
Nuevo Amanecer Village Upate Spring 2007
By Laurie Werner - Program Director, August 17, 2007 03:21 PM
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