Agros International - Support Sustainability for Nicaraguan 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

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 Gaitan López - Director, Agros Nicaragua
Mario earned a Master’s in Agricultural Economics with an emphasis in Rural Development and a Ph.D. in Social Management. He has 10 years of experience working on rural projects in the farming sector and has published numerous articles on economic and agricultural development. Before joining Agros in 2004, he was development project manager for World Vision Nicaragua.

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