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.
Dolores Choc Choc and Alberto Che Ical of Chajmaic, Guatemala
Dolores Choc Choc and Alberto Che Ical have been family participants in the project since 2022. They live in the remote, indigenous village of Chajmaic, Guatemala – the first community with whom Sowing Opportunities worked....
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What your donations are doing!
Estefany Gabriela Cú Choc, 20 years old, in Sisbilhá, Guatemala, is mother to Briseida Monserrat Cú Choc, 2 years old. She is grateful for the support that Sowing Opportunities gives her in planting vegetables, since...
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Leadership development: Our plan, looking towards the future
The women who benefit from the program have organized themselves to support one another and obtain better results in vegetable production. The Sowing Opportunities project has awakened interest in other women in the community, who...
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2024 Successes: Impact Numbers: Sisbilhá, Guatemala
Take a look at our annual report/year in review in video: https://youtu.be/qzWpVJ69VKI As we look towards the future for the year ahead, we are grateful for your generous donations that have allowed this project to...
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In the region, Christmas is a day like any other
Tuesday, December 24 Aside from going to church, Christmas is a day like any other in the villages. They don’t have the means for a special feast, so it is not their tradition. In the U.S.,...
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Innovation: new containers, new seeds, … using what they learned
December 19, 2024 Each year the families in each of the three villages that we have worked with (in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024) receive seedlings at the beginning, middle and end of the...
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Mission Moment at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Sunday Worship Service 11/24/2024
On November 24, 2024, Fern and Ginny Remedi-Brown were invited to share about Sowing Opportunities at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church's Mission Moment, during their Sunday Worship Service. The video and what we talked about are...
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Fund a greenhouse, change a life
María Elena T’iül Choc gives a cup of macuy soup in Sisbilhá November 26, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Dear friends and family, The mostly women-led indigenous communities in the Eastern Highlands of Guatemala live a subsistence...
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A retrospective of what Sowing Opportunities has done with the greenhouse project
Nearly three years ago, Sowing Opportunities started the greenhouse project in the region of Eastern Alta Verapaz, Guatemala where there are few resources. When we began aiding the village of Chajmaic, Guatemala in 2017, we...
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Sowing Opportunities will be at the Upper Cape Cod Alternative Gift Market in Falmouth, MA, November 9-10, 2024
Give to the Sowing Opportunities, Inc. via the Gifts for Good Upper Cape Cod Alternative Gift Market. An “Alternative Gift” is a donation to a worthy cause made in honor of family member or friend....
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Commemorating Indigenous Peoples Day on October 14, 2024
Since October 2021, Indigenous Peoples Day has been a U.S. holiday. We at Sowing Opportunities are proud to say that we celebrate the indigenous peoples every day in the remote villages in the region of...
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As we approach the Jewish New Year
Dear family and friends, The Jewish High Holy Days season begins this year on Saturday evening, September 28 with a service called S’lichot, asking for forgiveness from God. The evening of October 2, 2024 begins the Jewish New...
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Magdalena Domingo Paiz is a dedicated and hardworking member of the community of Sisbilhá, Guatemala
The family of Magdalena Paiz is one of the best workers in the community. As you can see, she understood what she was taught by Sowing Opportunities and is putting into practice the methodology with...
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Our team traveled to the region and…their successes!
The journey is long and risky for our team to travel to the remote, indigenous region where Sowing Opportunities has its service area in Eastern Alta Verapaz. Two weeks ago the team visited the villages of...
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A story about how a life has been transformed
https://youtu.be/rygL_FcS5UA Jeremías García Coy lives with his wife, Marta Molina Choc, in the hamlet of Salaguna, Guatemala. Jeremías, having worked outside the village since he was 12 years old, learned Spanish through his work; school...
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Against All Odds: One of 45
https://youtu.be/nglrrhj4SfQ When our team arrived in Salaguna, Guatemala in January 2023, we had determined that we had the budget to work collaboratively with 30 new families in this second village. To our team’s surprise, in...
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The Story of Dominga in Sisbilhá, Guatemala
https://youtu.be/-2OWwPlF1ew Dominga Ché Yaxcal is a midwife for the community of Sisbilhá. Not only is she a midwife, she is always available to people in need, especially when they are downhearted and alone. She...
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Memorial Day 2024
https://youtu.be/evgZS2xVS14 Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday, which we observe on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. From 1960 to 1996, Guatemala endured an internal unarmed...
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Basic Information about Guatemala and its Indigenous Population
- Where in the world is Guatemala? Guatemala is one of 7 countries in Central America, which is part of North America consisting of a tapering isthmus running from the southern extent of Mexico to the...
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Questions that pertain to Sowing Opportunities’ mission
Abbreviated Version of Questions: Where in the world is Guatemala and what is one country that borders Guatemala? See Basic Information about Guatemala and its Indigenous Population How many Mayan indigenous languages are spoken today...
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