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.
Earth Day 2025 Fourth story: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Magdalena Paiz and her daughter Gabriela, with the lettuce they cultivated This week, in advance of Earth Day, we are sharing an inspirational story of positive change. Magdalena Domingo Paiz and Francisco Felipe Laínez, in...
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How students in the Sisbilhá School water their plants, keeping in mind their lack of water
You might remember that the village of Sisbilhá, Guatemala has to get their water by walking over a mile to a hole in the earth where water runs off the mountain. Look at how lush...
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The students of Sisbilhá School are pleased, March 27, 2025
The students of Sisbilhá Public School, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, having planted seedlings at the beginning of March, and harvesting them today, show their delight at the project led by Sowing Opportunities! At the end, they...
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Students in the School in Sisbilhá learn the names of the plants, March 2025
At the greenhouses in the first public school in Guatemala to teach agriculture, the teacher ensures that her young students know the names of the plants they are caring for. https://youtu.be/hQ7HkpzGo8M
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The families in Salaguna continue to receive seedlings from Sowing Opportunities
Sowing Opportunities started to work with Salaguna, Guatemala in 2023 and we continue until today to provide supplies and reinforce training in this remote, indigenous village. Rosa and Francisco Tiül with our project manager Here,...
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Earth Day – Our first story
Earth Day 2025 Our first story: Saturday, March 15, 2025 This Earth Day, Apr 22, 2025, we can all do what we can in our corner of the world. We all can make positive change...
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Sowing Opportunities is proud to participate in International Women’s Day
In Guatemala, as in the rest of the world, International Women's Day, on March 8, commemorates the historic struggle of women for equality and participation in all areas of society, seeking to recognize their achievements...
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The families in Chajmaic, Guatemala receive new seedlings
In February, the families in Chajmaic receive new seedlings for their greenhouses Gertrudis Che Choc with her daughter Dulce Aracely Chun Che, Chajmaic, Guatemala, February 2025 As promised, I am sharing with you the beautiful photos...
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Sowing Opportunities participated in Malden Reads’ kickoff on Monday, February 10, 2025
Thank you to Malden Reads' 2025 Opening Celebration at Bread of Life and to Susan Margot Ecker for her photography! Sowing Opportunities, Inc. was proud to participate and represent sustainable greenhouse agriculture for food security...
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Valentine’s Day 2025 – Love is thriving
Valentine's Day 2025 Dear friends and family, Here in the U.S., many of us are busy preparing sweets and flowers for our Valentines or close friends on Valentine's Day. Students often create artful valentine cards for...
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Sowing Opportunities is now working with a school, teaching sustainable agriculture!
Here a student receives seedlings in the school in Sisbilhá in January 2025 Saturday, February 1 Dear friends and family, Sowing Opportunities has an exciting new development: We are working with the school in Sisbilhá, Guatemala for...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2025
On Martin Luther King Day, we at Sowing Opportunities consider several affirmations, in alignment with MLK’s values: “Let us dress ourselves in the garments of God – compassion for the needy, embrace of the stranger...
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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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