This year, Sowing Opportunities took a bold step. We introduced a greenhouse agriculture curriculum to a second school – the regional Fray School – enabling us to reach students from about 350 additional households in Guatemala’s remote Eastern Alta Verapaz region.  The results have exceeded our expectations – truly cultivating hope. In under six months, […]

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 daughter of Martha Raymundo Pérez, teacher at a village near Fray Bartolomé de las Casas and Jaime Alexander Juarez Catalán […]

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 of the Sembrando Oportunidades field team. The teacher, Mirna Suram, is very grateful for what Sembrando Oportunidades has taught her. […]

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. As a church leader, he supports low-income families and older adults. He is very grateful for having learned the methodology shared with him by the […]

Look at this teacher’s dedication to her students, the only teacher at the small Sisbilhá school: Here, you can see Mirna Suram, with the bright pink cap, working together with her students: Mirna Suram, teaches 3rd through 6th grades, motivating her students to develop their skills and challenging them to improve. Teachers in village schools […]

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 land.  So, Sowing Opportunities’ agricultural engineer came up with the plan to grow leafy greens and other crops in greenhouses.  […]

To the credit of both the teachers and Sowing Opportunities’ team, girls are given equal learning opportunities, and their interest and accomplishments are applauded! It’s well known that students experience excitement in the classroom as they learn this new technique. But what’s surprising is that at the same time they learn and familiarize themselves with […]

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 of only 30-40 days!  They’re starting to protect the plants they already had, removing the ones that aren’t working anymore, […]

The key reasons that the plants are growing so tall and healthy are: The teachers and students understand the process Both are dedicated to learning and following through They regularly water and apply fertilizer and insecticide A very important point here is that this school is located within the town of Fray Bartolomé de las […]

One of the hallmarks of the work of Sowing Opportunities’ agricultural engineer is his ability to work with populations to teach them how to grow their plants beautifully in greenhouses in a short amount of time, giving high yield with minimal soil and water. Many times the people are incredulous that something amazing will come […]

Imagine today’s students in the U.S. paying rapt attention to a visitor, teaching them about something they knew nothing about. Now, imagine students in a region where, due to widespread poverty, they experience hunger and their caregivers don’t have much time to dedicate to their development. What you are witnessing in this photo is students […]

Dear friends and family, I am delighted to share with you the news of our team returning to the region one month after setting up the greenhouses in the Fray Bartolome de las Casas School.   I will separately write with the results from the Sisbilhá School and the family participants in the second group of […]