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Support Sustainability for Honduran Farmers

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Summary

Enable families in a new Agros village in Honduras to increase their income through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, to buy the land that they are working. read updates from the field

How You Can Help

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$25 - Provides pipes and a faucet for one household.
$60 - Provides training on water purification and safety methods.
$150 - Provides training for village representatives to install and maintain a water system.

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Received $7,225 from 137 donations from people like:

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More Information About this Project

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 in Honduras 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: $7,225
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $309
Total Funding Goal: $7,535

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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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

The communities are very proud of their harvests and their new income. Hope is being restored to families who have not owned land for generations.
- Norma Martínez, Director, Agros Honduras

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Shannon Gallagher
Annual Campaign Manager
2225 4th Ave.
2nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98121
United States
(206) 528-1066
Email:

Project Sponsor

Agros International

Organization

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

Learn more about Agros International and the project team.

Agros International's Current Projects on GlobalGiving

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Agros International's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Enabling Mexican Farmers to Earn Their Own Land	Enabling Mexican Farmers to Earn Their Own Land	LEAP: Leadership and Education to Abandon Poverty	Enabling Honduran Farmers to Earn Their Own Land
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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Honduras and can also be found under Microfinance.

For more information about Honduras, read the Human Development Report on Honduras or the Wikipedia entry for Honduras.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 15, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 13, 2005

Latest Update from the Field

Latest Update from Agros' Nuevo Amanecer

By Shannon Gallagher - Annual Campaign Manager, March 15, 2010 10:12 AM

Thank you for your continued support of Agros villages like Nuevo Amanecer!
Attached, you can can read more about the community’s development in the attached Winter '10 update for the Agros village of Nuevo Amanecer. Or feel free to read it directly from our village page at http://www.agros.org/ag/villagepdfs/nuevoamanecer.pdf This report measures the success and outcomes of a village's development looking at Community Organization, Land Ownership, Housing and Infrastructure, Community Education and Training, and Sustainable Economic Growth. It's exciting to see that the village is cultivating 5 different income-generating crops with 70% of families involved in the commercialization!
As we are near meeting our goal for this project, I wanted to remind you that on Tuesday, March 16th GlobalGiving will hold a 'BONUS MATCHING DAY' to match all donations at 30%, up to $1,000 per donor per project on that day.
We hope you'll consider taking advantage of this opportunity to support the completion of this project, or perhaps consider supporting our newest project launched in Honduras: Irrigation Water Project in Bella Vista! This project includes the build of one 20,000 gallon tank and the laying of tubing/piping for 19 acres of irrigation to benefit thirty-six (36) families in the village for a solid water source for both communal and individual family crops. Read more about this project at: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/bv-irrigation-water-project/ --
Enjoy, and mil gracias!

Links:

Nuevo Amanecer Winter 2010 Update

Attachments:

Nuevo Amanecer Winter 2010 Update (PDF)

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