Sowing Opportunities is now working with a school, teaching sustainable agriculture!

Saturday, February 1 Dear friends and family, Sowing Opportunities has an exciting new development: We are working with the school in Sisbilhá, Guatemala for sustainable greenhouse farming for all the families of the children enrolled! In November 2024, Our team returned to the three remote, indigenous villages in the region where we are working. We selected a […]

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 – and then spread the canopy of peace over all the world.” (Ref.: Magein Avot v’Imahot) “May the one who […]

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 it contributes to improving the nutrition of her and her little girl. It has been a great support for her […]

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., we continue our efforts to help the people in this remote region to have sustainable food security. And, this is thanks to you.   […]

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 below: My name is Fern Remedi-Brown.  My wife, Ginny, and I live in Malden.  We formed the nonprofit Sowing Opportunities […]

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 life.   Since 2022, Sowing Opportunities has been providing sustainable greenhouse agriculture so that, rather than being hungry, they are able to […]

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. The market will be held online from November 10-17 at www.alternativegiftmarketcapecod.org, and in person at Saint Barnabas’s Church at 91 […]