Sowing Opportunities has witnessed amazing developments in the remote indigenous village of Sisbilhá, in the Eastern Highlands of Guatemala.
The mostly women-led projects are developing at a rapid pace, thanks to the dedication of Sowing Opportunities’ team on the ground in the region, and the tireless and motivated efforts of the participants.
They are truly participating in “on the job training,” where they practice what they have learned and receive instruction and evaluation from the expert agricultural engineer and support from the social worker and project manager.
They are even working into the night.
Women work while caring for their young children.
Because of the rocky soil, in addition to the greenhouses, they grow corn in black plastic bags, protecting the seeds from the chickens’ hungry beaks.
Her son José Domingo is 16-years-old and she has other older children, as well.
They are taught how to sanitize and disinfect the soil, how often to use fertilizer and insecticide, how deep and how far apart to plant for each type of vegetable and how often to water their crops – with a system designed for even those who cannot read or write. You can see the pride on their faces and the new hope that they are embracing.
Despite a difficult life, she is now able to feed her family with the crops that she is growing.
It is thanks to caring friends like you that all of this is possible, in an area in which no governmental or nongovernmental organization has ever provided resources.
Thank you for making “the impossible,” possible, and for truly contributing to repair this world.
