2023 Vision Report

Transformation That Lasts

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At Agros, we are truly blessed with a strong and generous community. I know your giving is more than an act of generosity; it’s an opportunity to make a profound and lasting transformation in the lives of families and entire villages. Your giving symbolizes trust and is a responsibility I take very seriously.

The hallmark success of Agros’ model is how today, the average Agros farming family is lifting themselves out of poverty into previously unimaginable prosperity of land ownership and amassing a net worth of $28,000 in ONLY 5 YEARS!

Prosperity of this magnitude is an unparalleled life achievement in countries where the average person makes less than $3,000 per year. A few years ago, the average Agros family could only realize this after 10+ years.

Because of your generosity, prosperity is the Agros families’ new normal!

Every day, we strive for families to realize their God-given potential and the dignity that comes with never facing the hopelessness of poverty again.

Take, for instance, the transformation of Eric Chavarria from the village of La Bendicion, whom I visited the day before writing this letter. Eric’s life is connected to coffee. He began working as a day laborer in large coffee plantations at fourteen. He spent years struggling, living day by day picking coffee, and moving from farm to farm.

The trauma of extreme poverty offered little respite, and he began drinking, trying drugs, and looking in all the wrong places for help. Eric shared with me that he knew life was not going well, but almost like a calling, he heard about Agros.

With the encouragement of his mom Juana, they applied and joined the village of La Bendicion. Six years later, Eric has transformed his life. He is married, has welcomed a child, and paid off his land loan due to the tremendous success of his own coffee farm, where he owns his land and is farming his own coffee. Because Eric said yes to the opportunity with Agros, worked hard, and turned towards God, he found his path. His whole family is reaching their potential. They exemplify prosperity.
The many Agros stories like Eric’s set the standard and raised the vision for these big next steps.

Beyond breaking poverty Agros is about building prosperity.

Agros is launching two key initiatives designed for regional scale and impact: La Bendicion Harvest of Hope Center and the Women’s Entrepreneurial Fund.

In 2023, we are aiming higher and setting a new standard for Agros’ antipoverty interventions, significant next steps toward reaching more families and transforming more lives.

Because extreme poverty is pervasive, especially in rural Central America, we are committed to serving thousands more families and expanding Agros’ impact from independently established villages to regions. We have the ability and methodology to reach into surrounding communities to provide transformational interventions benefitting several villages at once. The ability to create prosperity with holistic services focused on sustainable income through commercial agriculture is an impact that is scalable and replicable.

Both the Harvest of Hope Center and the Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund are the start to reaching thousands of families. These initiatives will build a robust platform for continued missional scale and are dreams that have taken years in the making, but now, with your support, your trust, and your generosity, are becoming a reality.

What is a Harvest of Hope Center (HHC)?

Learn more about the agribusiness hub and how it expands access for families.

What is the Women’s Entrepreneurial Fund?

Learn about how the fund will support the program and what it means for thousands of women in the Ixil region of Guatemala.

We have set ambitious goals, but we know incredible people like you are by our side. Our Agros community is a blessing because it is a community who shares in God’s steadfast love.

You join in our mission, see and understand the challenges that face our communities, and continue to jump in feet first to answer God’s call to participate in the restoration and reconciliation of people, places, and systems.

Thank You & May God Bless You Abundantly!

Alberto Solano

President & Executive Director, Agros International

“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received”
1 Peter 4:10

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Blessings.

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Alberto Solano

Alberto joined Agros in September 2015 as President and Executive Director. Alberto brings more than 20 years of experience in microfinance and sustainable development in Central America to Agros.