Support Sustainability for El Salvadoran Farmers
Support El Salvador 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.
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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 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: $4,433
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $3,102
Total Funding Goal: $7,535
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.agros.org)
- El Salvador Country Profile (US Dept. of State) (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2033.htm)
- Rural Poverty Report 2001 (IFAD) (http://www.ifad.org/poverty/index.htm)
- Listen to April 2009 GlobalGiving/Agros podcast (http://www.globalgivingcommunity.com/podcast/Agros%20April%202009.MP3)
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
Shannon Gallagher
Annual Campaign Manager
2225 4th Ave.
2nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98121
United States
(206) 528-1066
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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 
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 13, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
San Diego de Tenango Summer '09
By Shannon Gallagher - Annual Campaign Manager, October 20, 2009 09:56 PM
Thank you so much for your continued support of Agros villages like San Diego de Tenango!
This quarter community members have begun a new chicken project in which six women are participating with 100 new baby chicks. With the help of Agros staff, the women were able to treat their birds and learn how to properly feed them.
Read more about the community's development in the attached Summer update for the Agros village of San Diego de Tenango. Every quarter, the Agros US 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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