Sustainable Agriculture for Women Farmers

"Thank you, MADRE, for your financial support. Congratulations, MADRE, for recognizing what we do. This project has a lot of meaning for us. MADRE helps to make our community strong. We are planning to increase the size of our project by buying more pigs, and we want to develop new projects. We want our daughters to see us as strong women so they can believe in their own strength. When we get rid of macho ideas, we can grow our beautiful earth and all our projects will make the families in our community have better lives. And our daughters will be able to live their dreams. Thank you, MADRE! Congratulations, MADRE!"

--Engracia and Ana, Canton Vipila Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala.

Thanks to you, this project is off to a wonderful start. So far, the $757 given by Global Giving donors has been used to buy five pigs. Feed has been purchased and construction of pens is underway. Additionally, management training workshops have begun to teach project leadership techniques to six of the twelve women who will be supervising the entire project.

As donations increase, MADRE will be able to purchase more pigs, finish building pens, and begin to facilitate sustainable agriculture workshops for the other 215 Ixil women eager to participate. The animals are still in need of vaccinations, and farmers still lack adequate tools with which to work the land.

We look forward to a continually beneficial relationship with the Global Giving community. The women involved are extremely excited about the project, and look forward to reaping the results of their hard work in the marketplace in the months and years to come.