Sowing Opportunities is born and the journey continues!
In January 2015 – our family embarked on a personal journey that brought us to Chajmaic, Guatemala.
When we realized the need of the entire village, Chajmaic, population 1,750 (2015) – remote and destitute in rural Guatemala – we began the project that has today become a nonprofit organization, Sowing Opportunities.
The agricultural work in the schools begins!
In January 2026, Sowing Opportunities’ agricultural work in the six public primary schools began. Our team has already made two trips to the region - in early February and in early March. Because we are...
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A visit to the region in March 2026
Dear friends and family, Sowing Opportunities’ Project Manager returned from the region on March 14. He sent photos in which he was beaming with pride, standing with the students, and in the greenhouses that they...
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International Women’s Day 2026
Dear friends and family, On International Women’s Day, we honor the women who are dedicated to working hard to support their families, against all odds. We recognize the women in Northeastern Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, in...
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Successful visit to the U.S. from our project manager
We at Sowing Opportunities are bursting with excitement at the successes of the week ending February 15! Our project manager, Ricardo San José Roca, visited the Boston, Massachusetts area from Antigua, Guatemala for just five...
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PROJECT 2026 OFFICIALLY STARTED
February 11, 2026 In the words of Sowing Opportunities’ project manager, “With the help of God, our BELOVED, we are going all out to reach the goal of another year of excellence.” On January 31,...
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We are changing the region to self-sustainability, with your help
God willing, in two days, our team will be heading to the region of Eastern Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Students planting with their teachers at Fray School in November 2025, to have food to carry them...
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Many Opportunities for Sowing Hope (Email 4 of end of year campaign)
The teacher exclaims at the beautiful produce, as she gives the families the results of their labor for their Christmas vacation December 28, 2025 The students at Fray school in Guatemala are enjoying a very...
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Exciting events for February 2026
We at Sowing Opportunities are really excited for 2026. We have two exciting upcoming events happening in February! First, on February 10, our project manager is traveling to the U.S. and will give a talk...
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Widows and the elderly cultivate their greenhouses in Eastern Alta Verapaz
Felicita López with her greenhouse at her home in La Nueva Libertad, Guatemala Sowing Opportunities finished a strong year in 2025, with families in four villages and students in two schools in Eastern Alta Verapaz,...
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SowingOps’ project manager coming mid-February from Guatemala
Sowing Opportunities' project manager is coming from Guatemala mid-February. Ricardo is booked to speak at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church in Cambridge on Sunday morning, February 15. If you have a suggested venue for him...
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A year of successes, blessing families in Guatemala (Email 3 of end of year campaign)
Schooling the next generation in greenhouse agriculture 2025 was our busiest year to date. Our high-yield greenhouse farming project continues in the Eastern Highlands of Guatemala. We have now trained indigenous families, widows, single mothers,...
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Make a difference in Guatemala in a time of increased need (Email 2 of end of year campaign)
You may have heard that USAID has been dismantled. International aid has drastically reduced worldwide, making competition for grant funding yet more intense. That’s why we need your donation even more than ever, to help bring the region...
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Doing more with less in Guatemala: Help us Cultivate Hope! (Email 1 of Giving Tuesday Campaign 2025)
“We strive to ensure that our students thoroughly understand agriculture, so that as adults they can benefit from what they have learned in school.” – teacher at the Fray School, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala This year,...
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12-year-old parishioner influenced to build a family greenhouse
Parishioners of Pastor Selvin Poou church in la Nueva Libertad, a division of the Sisbilhá hamlet, are inspired to build their own greenhouses, aided by the agricultural engineer of Sowing Opportunities. Fernanda is the 12-year-old...
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The family of Teacher Mirna has their own greenhouses
Both the teacher and the principal of the school in the village of Sisbilhá have their own greenhouses at their homes in the nearby town of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, installed with the help...
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Selvin Poou, the pastor of Nueva Libertad, participates in growing vegetables
Selvin Poou, along with his wife, Dora Pascual, has been the pastor of a small church in the Nueva Libertad community, a division of the Sisbilhá hamlet, for five years. Dora Pascual de Poou, wife...
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The teacher of Sisbilhá School cares for her students as if she were their mother
Mirna Suram, teaching the students the names of the plants they're caring for Look at this teacher's dedication to her students, the only teacher at the small Sisbilhá school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7HkpzGo8M Here, you can see Mirna...
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Corn is being grown in black plastic bags
Because of the rocky soil in the region, vegetables cannot be grown directly in the ground. For this reason, corn - which is a Guatemalan food staple - doesn’t do well when grown on the...
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The girls are fully involved in the learning
Students bring soil down from the mountain . Here, girls are putting it into bags with corn kernels To the credit of both the teachers and Sowing Opportunities’ team, girls are given equal learning opportunities,...
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September surprises in the Fray School greenhouses
Sowing Opportunities’ team is back in the region because of the unexpected progress of the vegetables at Fray School. They've just started, and their greenhouse tables have already yielded crops! We have a growing period...
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