Agros International - Support Sustainability for Mexican Farmers

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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.

Agros International's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

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

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.

Sergio Araiza Bahena - President, Agros Mexico Board
Sergio is the Vice-Minister of Finance for the State Government of Chiapas. He has formerly served in the banking industry and with the Minister of Agriculture. He earned a Master's degree in Agriculture from the National University of Mexico and is currently a candidate for a Ph.D. in Business Administration.

Jose Eduardo Rodriguez Mendoza - Supervisor of Community Development
Eduardo developed skills as a nurse technician at the Autonomous National University of Mexico before joining the Mennonite Central Committee in 1989 to work in community organizing and conflict resolution among Guatemalan refugees in Chiapas. He also served Chiapas' state government as a mediator among warring parties during the Zapatista revolution of the 1990s.

Personnel Statistics

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