Guatemala
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Offer Latin American Farmers Microenterprise Loans
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Girl and Goat
A girl from an Agros village in Guatemala holds onto her family's goat, the start of their animal husbandry project
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Rabbit
Besides goats, Agros families also buy and raise rabbits, pigs, chickens, and cattle for their animal husbandry projects.
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Bread Oven
A woman from Futuro, Nicaragua starts a baking business with their new bread oven
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Hope Baking Business
Another woman from Futuro, Nicaragua bags her baked bread to sell
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Organic Composting
Women from Nicaragua use organic composting in their green pepper plots. They were able to sell their green peppers in the market for three times their original price, garnering a total profit equal to their families' average annual incomes.
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Corn Harvest
Arturo shows off the corn harvest in San Diego, El Salvador
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Lettuce Harvest
Families from Guatemala harvest their lettuce crop
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Drying Coffee
Agros families grow coffee which is sold locally and is also exported to a coffee distributor in the U.S.
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Weaving
Women in Guatemala use small loans to invest in thread for weaving blouses and other textiles, which they can sell in the local markets.
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Sewing Machines
These sewing machines enable the Guatemalan women to expand their small businesses and increase their profits.
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