TIERRA NUEVA'S KIDS LEARN, LAUGH, AND GROW - THANKS TO YOU Yajaira leads class in Tierra Nueva's beautiful new schoolhouse, built through your generosity and a partnership with rural school builing expert, BuildOn. IMAGINE THE MOST CHARMING BLUE SCHOOLHOUSE… The laughter of children filters through the open windows of the…
Read MoreESCAPING VIOLENCE AND ADDICTION THROUGH STEADFAST SUPPORT Gloria and her children work on homework at their kitchen table in Bella Vista, Honduras. Photo by Sebastian Guerra Fuentes. SURVIVING TOOK PRIORITY Before they came to live in Agros’ Bella Vista village in Honduras, Juan José and Gloria’s family lived in a…
Read MoreTIERRA NUEVA - SAN JOSÉ PARTNERSHIP LEVERAGES YOUR INVESTMENT We tell you stories about Agros families working together in their villages all the time; it’s a part of our model. But did you know that different Agros communities work together, too? A great example of village collaboration that leverages infrastructure…
Read MoreDIRECT FROM THE FIELD WEBINAR WRAP-UP Pop Quiz: which Nicaraguan Agros village is ingeniusly using their greenhouse to grow and sell pepper sprouts to the families of San José between harvests, thanks to an entrepreneurial young man named Jonathan? A. Tierra Nueva B. La Bendición C. Luz del Mañana Not sure?…
Read MoreBefore 2016 gallops too quickly along, we wanted to share some of our favorite 2015 photos with you. They capture fisher-businessmen, pudgy cheeks, a blessed new Agros community in Nicaragua, and new coffee technology. 2015 was a courageous year at Agros, thanks to you, as we launched 50 families out…
Read MoreZika. You’ve probably heard frightening stories lately of a new virus in Latin America causing terrible birth defects. This month the World Health Organization called the outbreak a public health emergency. We wanted to give you an update with the facts you need to know about the virus, how it’s spread,…
Read MoreDuring Christmas in Bella Vista, Honduras, each family sends plates around of their favorite dish to share. For Blanca Medrano, an entrepreneurial mom of two, this means taking at least one full day off from the coffee harvest. She has a lot of work to do to get prepared for…
Read MoreKATHY SHARES HER BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS AND STORIES FROM TIERRA NUEVA © Kathy Robertson [Treasures I Seek] The Agros donor community is gracious, inspiring and supportive; we couldn’t do the work we do without them. And Kathy Robertson, an elder at Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole, is no exception. After getting…
Read MoreNORLAN'S STORY MEET NORLAN. Why? Because he is a rock star pepper farmer who is moving his family out of poverty forever by doing what it takes to grow a highly profitable (but highly difficult and labor-intensive) crop: Peppers! Norlan Lopez lives in San Jose, one of our villages in Nicaragua.…
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