Agros International - Support Sustainability for Guatemalan Farmers

Address

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Agros International
2225 4th Avenue Suite 200
Seattle, Washington 98121
United States
206-528-1066
http://www.agros.org

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 nearly 40 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.

Personnel Overview

Hans Theyer - President & CEO, Agros International
Prior to Agros, Hans was a key player in Microsoft’s Rural Computing effort, an initiative to empower emerging markets throughout the rural, developing world with access to information and communications technology. Hans holds a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Commercial Engineering from Universidad Gabriela Mistral in Santiago, Chile.

Mario Morales - Director, Agros Guatemala
Mario studied at the School of Superior Studies of Economy and Business Administration, Francisco Marroquín University, Guatemala. He has served as the Director for the Foundation for Rural Development of Guatemala. He has also acted as consultant for several projects and many rural socioeconomic programs, and served as Special Products Project Coordinator for the National Foundation for Peace.

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

Hans Theyer, President & CEO
Founded in 1984
Employees: 60
Volunteers: 50