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.
Agricultural solutions address migration due to poverty and lack of economic opportunities
In April 2021 U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris met with Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei to discuss "the causes of irregular migration and that cause Guatemalans to leave their homes in search of better development opportunities." (LaHora.gt) ...
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How Success Will Be Measured with the Greenhouse Project
Training in specific agricultural techniques and greenhouse maintenance will be documented through a pictorial manual (note that illiteracy is high). Trainees will prove their knowledge by setting up and maintaining greenhouses properly. This will be...
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How Climate Change Affects Chajmaic’s Food Insecurity and Sowing Opportunities’ Agricultural Solution
Extreme conditions in Central America are leading to food insecurity and lack of employment, which in some cases, causes youth to flee the region, seeking work elsewhere. The dry corridor has been affected by climate...
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Malden Garden Supports Building Greenhouses in Guatemala
Malden Garden Supports Building Greenhouses in Guatemala Growing and sharing our local food to make an impact around the world! Last year's "World Water Day" (March 2021) we decided to celebrate our contributions to water...
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Sowing Opportunities’ Innovative Solutions to create Sustainability
Sowing Opportunities' Innovative Solutions to create Sustainability, and help reduce Poverty and Malnutrition in Chajmaic, Guatemala On March 15, 2022, our agricultural engineer, Federico Arriola Cuéllar, traveled to the indigenous, remote village of Chajmaic to...
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Indigenous Mayan artisanal Crafts
We are very excited to tell you about an opportunity to give a beautiful gift to your loved one or yourself while supporting Sowing Opportunities sustainability projects as well as indigenous Mayan artisans. Now you...
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Beautiful Guatemalan fair trade handicrafts: #GivingTuesday / #GivingBack is here!
Do you live in Massachusetts, or are you planning a visit? Are you looking for the perfect gift for a special someone? Perhaps for yourself? Do you wish to benefit those in need? Would you...
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Plants for Sale to Benefit the Village of Chajmaic, Guatemala
Would you like to help our neighbors to have groceries or sustainable agriculture? You can do both through your monetary donations or purchasing a plant for your home or office! Here are our current offerings...
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#GivingTuesday is #GivingBack / The Tree of Life campaign
While our primary focus has been on developing a sustainable agricultural project which includes sending an agricultural engineer who will provide training for building and maintaining a greenhouse – we need to wait until it is...
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Summer 2021 Plants & Sustainability Project
Melrose Farmers' Market video, promoting Sowing Opportunities! The Melrose Farmers' Market is done for the season, but... Sowing Opportunities, is offering beautifully arranged plants for donation. These begonias can be grown on your window sill...
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Prayers requested for Chajmaic as Covid encroaches
Dear Friends, We are deeply saddened to learn that our key personnel, Alfonso and Lety, in the village of Chajmaic, have contracted Covid. Due to the extreme Covid outbreak in Guatemala, there are no...
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Successful Malden Summer Festivals, Melrose Farmers’ Markets, & Fall Fairs (June-October, 2021)
Thank you to the City of Malden for their initiative in creating the Malden Summer Festivals. They were a lot of fun and successful! Sowing Opportunities gave away plants to the community, made new contacts,...
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Earth Day 2021 celebrated at The Gallery @57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovXBdBRu0DY&t=4s Photos from the May 23rd event at The Gallery@57: https://youtu.be/bojko-d2j8U
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Earth Day, April 20-22, 2021 Restore Our Earth
Sowing Opportunities is focused on the village of Chajmaic, Guatemala developing greenhouse agriculture for food security and livelihood. We have an Event coming up in Malden, Massachusetts - Rescheduled date: Sunday, May 23th -...
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How to build a water tower!
Chajmaic's greatest resource is its abundant river, el Río Cahabón. This river flows for over 120 miles and provides for all the needs of those in the village. See Sowing Opportunities' recent Neighborhood View article...
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How to build a water tower! original
Chajmaic's greatest resource is its abundant river, el Río Cahabón. This river flows for over 120 miles and provides for all the needs of those in the village. However, as in many places in the...
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Sowing Opportunities’ video
Sowing Opportunities professional video (English, November 2019) Video profesional de Sembrando Oportunidades (Español, Noviembre 2019)
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Used clothing fundraiser through www.savers.com
Sowing Opportunities just concluded its Savers FUNDrive (deadline August 28, 2020). Details are here....
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