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Support Sustainability for Honduran Farmers

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. progress reportread updates from the field


How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of £4,370 was raised for this project.

Received £4,370 from 144 donations from people around the world like:

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: £4,370

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £4,370.  The original project funding goal was £3,835.

Additional Documentation

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

Resources

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

Organisation

Agros International Logo 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.


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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 July 23, 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, June 15, 2010 02:44 PM

Friends of Agros,

Thank you for your continued support of Agros villages like Nuevo Amanecer!

This quarter the families in Nuevo Amanecer planted fifteen acres of plantains, their main income-generating crop. Each family manages a 0.8 acre parcel of plantains in different stages of development using credit through Agros to increase production. About five acres were harvested and are being sold in the local market, including 40,000 pounds of high-quality plantains. Everyone has been able to repay the project’s loans from the harvest’s profits.

Read more about the community’s development in the attached Spring update for the Agros village of Nuevo Amanecer. If you prefer instead, you can read the report directly from the village page on our site 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.

Please submit any feedback you might have and let us know if you find these reports valuable, or what other kinds of information you might like to receive from us as relates to this project.

Enjoy, and mil gracias!

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