Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador

by Mangrove Association
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador
Community market
Community market

It's been a great year and we feel happy about the achievements made by women in rural communities. During last months, implemented actions to keep supporting families with community-based initiatives.

This is a list of the most important achievements:

  • About 10 families have been beneficiated with organic inputs to keep working on their vegetable gardens
  • 25 farmers have learned about using organic inputs to improve the fertilization of their corn plots. This helped a lot to improve the soil conditions in about 10 hectares and reduced the use of chemicals to produce corn
  • 17 farmers have shared native and adapted seeds in two events of Seed Sharing. This is helping to save native seeds and reduce the use of genetically modified seeds
  • 3 new chicken coops have been built and equipped with all necessary equipment to grow chickens
  • 30 people have learned about improving crops with organic matter
  • About 200 people participated in a community market where they learned about how to grow vegetables, medical plants, and fruits with organic farming.

The women who got benefits from the beginning are still producing eggs and selling for a better price in their communities.

There are good experiences about this project. For example, there was a woman in a community maker who said “I am selling vegetables from the seeds another person shared with me; we should keep sharing seeds and doing these type of events”

Women in El Salvador Thank you for your generous support. We together have done a lot and there is more to do.

Eggs from chicken coops
Eggs from chicken coops
New chickens
New chickens
Local market
Local market
Corn plor
Corn plor
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New Corn Fields
New Corn Fields

We are working with more people!

Families are fighting against hunger in El Salvador. Everything got expensive, but people in rural communities are looking for ways to produce their own food.

One of our main goals is to share kwnoledge, so families are ready to fight against vulnerabilities.

Everything got expensive, but once families receive support from us and other organizations, the effects are less. During this period, we have been done the following actions:
- We started a new strategic planning with the participation of the beneficiaries
- There are more women have built their chicken coops
- The first beneficiaries are increasing their chickens and producing more chicken eggs
- 10 families are producing corn and combining with nitrogen fixer plants like green beans
- About 10 women participated in a worshop about organic fertilizers in our experimental area
- Other farmers have shared their experience about existing agroecologial plots where they produced their own food.

We are looking forward to do more!

Chicken farms
Chicken farms
Vegetable Garden
Vegetable Garden
Training
Training
Agroecological Plot
Agroecological Plot
Providing new seedlings
Providing new seedlings
Cornfields combined with green beans
Cornfields combined with green beans
Chickens
Chickens
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Corn Plot
Corn Plot

Thanks to your incredible support, we are helping more women in El Salvador. This is one of the best ways to support resilience in communities.

We are not just providing materials; we are sharing knowledge and making connections between famers. Here are some numbers up until now:

- 10 Corn Plots Producing Food for more than 10 families
- 12 Chicken Coops Establised
- 1,200 Chicken Eggs Produced
- 0.5 tons of Corned Produced
- 151 Chicken Growing
- 2 workshops about managing chicken farms developed

- 22 Women trained about chicken farming


There are about 40 women working on the different programs to increase food security and support other farmers. The project is not just helping a small group; the small group is also supporting other people by selling eggs or corn at a good price.

Thanks a lot,

 

The Mangrove Association 

Corn Field
Corn Field
Working
Working
Chicken Feeding
Chicken Feeding
Providing Vitamins
Providing Vitamins
Seedlings
Seedlings
Bread Fruit
Bread Fruit
Tomatoes
Tomatoes
Building new chicken coops
Building new chicken coops
Little  babies
Little babies
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Amalia sowing her garden
Amalia sowing her garden

Thanks to your generous support, women from the Bajo Lempa and Bahía de Jiquilisco are improving the lives of their families through various agricultural activities. Here are some of their stories:

Doña Jaqueline has started her chicken farm, in which she has made improvements to increase the production of eggs that will be consumed by her family. In addition, the surpluses may be sold in the community in order to generate extra income for the family and thus also help other people in the community with a healthy diet.

The gardens of Dona Juana and Angela continue to produce food for their families. They are working women and continue to help feed their family with the orchards. Soon they will be harvesting what they have sown and will help others to improve their diet.

These are some of the success stories thanks to your support, and we know there will be more stories to come in the next months.

Thanks to your donations, we have achieved the following:

- 10 families have started their native chicken farms to strengthen family nutrition

- 4 families are growing their own vegetables in a healthier way without using toxic chemicals

- 10 families have started planting corn, which will help feed more people in their communities

- 2 families have improved their irrigation systems for orchards and agricultural plots

We see a lot of strength in these initiatives led by women and hope to expand this work to reach even more women.

Thank you for your valuable support.

Seedling ready for planting
Seedling ready for planting
Irrigating existing gardens
Irrigating existing gardens
Providing seedlings
Providing seedlings
Colecting vegetables from gardens
Colecting vegetables from gardens
Marisol feeding her chicken
Marisol feeding her chicken
New garden established
New garden established
New chicks
New chicks
Maintaining pump for irrigating gardens
Maintaining pump for irrigating gardens
Tomatoes growing
Tomatoes growing
Chicken farms
Chicken farms
Building new farms
Building new farms
New chicken farms
New chicken farms
Building chicken farms
Building chicken farms
Managing chicken farms
Managing chicken farms
Vegetable gardens
Vegetable gardens
Vegetable gardens
Vegetable gardens
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Mangrove Association

Location: Jiquilisco, Usulutan - El Salvador
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Project Leader:
Jose Argueta
Jiquilisco, Usulutan El Salvador
$38,135 raised of $45,000 goal
 
385 donations
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