By Jaime Marroquin | Managing Director
The children in the Chuk Muk elementary school are actively involved in the Aldea Maya organic garden program. Earlier in the year we had the students help make bokashi soil and fill plant pots. The students then planted a variety of medicinal herb plants as well as papaya seeds. Several months later we had wonderful healthy papaya plants to distribute to the students. But first the students learned why papayas are an important part of the diet. They are excellent sources of Viltam A and C. The students then helped make a papaya smoothie. Every student took a papaya plant home to plant in their garden. In the next year the students will start to have wonderful papayas available in their yard for free. This project helps with food availability and sustainability. In the last few months there has been political unrest in Guatemala and the roads were closed for several weeks. The markets had little to no food and the prices sky rocketed. Having food plants growing in a yard helps combat this problem.
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