HOW YOU HELPED KIDS ESCAPE MALNUTRITION A Story from our Spring 2021 Newsletter Every mother wants to see their child grow up healthy and happy, but María Estela Us Castro worried she would never be able to experience this with her babies Domingo and Guadalupe. She said: "THERE IS SADNESS…
Read MoreYOUR GIFT AIDED KIDS AND MOTHERS A Story from our Spring 2021 Newsletter Zeneyda Diaz has a simple dream for her children: "a safe place to live, so they are not bouncing from one location to another." This simple dream, however, is not easy to achieve in rural Nicaragua, where…
Read MoreBreaking the Cycle of Poverty Begins in Nueva San Jose THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING A NEW FAMILY INTO AGROS’ NEWEST VILLAGE A Story from our Spring 2021 Newsletter Last year, Agros identified twenty families in rural Nicaragua, who desperately needed homes. As part of the Village Within a Village initiative,…
Read MoreWE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU. 2020 was a hard year for Central American families. Like you, they had to weather the metaphoric COVID-19 storm and then in November they also had to weather two literal storms: Hurricanes Eta and Iota. While helping families recover from these crises will require significant, ongoing…
Read MoreWhat a tremendous Tierras de Vida celebration! You blew past the 400,000 goal, raising $548,647 and counting for families in rural Latin America. And, over 450 people participated in this year's gala--a record for Tierras de Vida! Thank you for being a part of this tremendous generosity. Because of you, Agros families will…
Read MoreThis year, join us for our annual Tierras de Vida gala virtually! Come and celebrate with us during this the three day special event and enjoy guest speakers, live entertainment, and a sneak peek at Agros projects yet to come. Together with you, our goal is to raise $400,000 to break…
Read MoreIn Rick Steves’ 2020 documentary Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala, Rick tours both Ethiopia and Guatemala. Neither trip is your typical tourist excursion. Instead, Rick explains that while much work has been done to stem world hunger—since 1990, the number of people living in extreme poverty has…
Read MoreA FREE SCREENING OF STEVES' HUNGER AND HOPE PLUS A Q&A WITH ALBERTO SOLANO On Thursday, Feburary 6th, WNED Studios will be screening this documentary, where you will be able to see snippets of our smart development programs in rural Guatemala. Come and join your friends and neighbors as the Agros…
Read MoreAT 47 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FIRST JOINED AGROS’ NUEVA ESPERANZA (NEW HOPE) VILLAGE IN NORTHERN NICARAGUA, PASCUEL PEREZ HERNANDEZ (NOW 52) WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST PARTNERS. BUT, HE DIDN’T LET HIS AGE OR HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE GROWING COFFEE GET IN HIS WAY. “I came here to learn,”…
Read MoreYOU DID IT: $560,410! What a tremendous Tierras de Vida celebration for Agros' 35th anniversary! We blew past our total goal of $475,000. You--our friends, family, and supporters--rallied together an estimated $560,410 and counting for farming families in rural Latin America. And, there were over 350 people in attendance--the second year in a…
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