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.
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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Updates since returning from Guatemala
Since returning from Guatemala, I have some updates to share with you. First, I cannot fully relay how moved I was to hold hands with those beautiful children in Chajmaic. They literally would not let...
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An incredible visit to the village of Chajmaic
On December 21, 2018 Fern visited the remote village of Chajmaic for the first time since learning about it in early January 2015. If not for the reports and photos for several years, she would...
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A meeting to discuss “Water for Life” in Chajmaic (December 9, 2018)
On November 27, while Ricardo and his wife, Eva María, were visiting family in Massachusetts, Ginny and Fern met with them. We discussed the village of Chajmaic and the "Water for Life" project. You might remember that...
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Sowing Opportunities video (from the bike-a-thon, 9/15/2018)
Click here to see Sowing Opportunities video (from the bike-a-thon, 9/15/2018)
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Guatemala Travelogue, December 2018
This is a travelogue of Fern's visit to Guatemala for the purpose of advancing the Water for Life project for Chajmaic, Guatemala. On page 6, follow a link to a one-page report with photos of...
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Travel to Guatemala to advance the Water for Life project
In two weeks, Fern will travel to Guatemala to further develop the water project, “Water for Life,” in the rural village, Chajmaic. The dates of her travel are December 10 through 24, 2018. While there,...
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Sowing Opportunities submits collaborative grant to Mass Cultural Council!
We envision having the students working on cost-effective ways to develop solutions in Chajmaic and to put on an exhibition that would include science presentations, as well as art, dance, and music from Guatemala culture. ...
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Bike-a-thon in Malden, MA on Saturday, September 15 at 12:00 noon
Please join us on Sept. 15! Tickets: Help us reach our goal of $5,000 for the new year! New possibilities for the people of Guatemala! 100% of the proceeds from fundraising go to provide potable...
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