Project duration: 1 Year
Project's focus area: Rural farming and training
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Ten million Guatemalans live below the poverty line, earning less than $1 or $2 a day. Nine out of 10 Guatemalan farmers do not own enough land to feed their families. 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 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.
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Agros offers families the opportunity to earn land over time through the fruits of their own labor. This year they plan to start gardens, small animal husbandry projects, a community bank for small businesses, and training in natural medicine. |
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The Agros model works to ensure economic, environmental, organizational, and social sustainability. Sustainability is not only key for the villagers, but for the long-term and integrated approach to address these issues. |
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We see a radical change in these families’ lives once they move onto their land. Enabling farmers to earn land enables them to rediscover their dignity.
- Mario Morales, Executive Director, Agros Guatemala
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Cathy Reilly,
Direct Marketing Manager
2225 4th Ave.
2nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98121
United States
(206) 528-1066
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