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 resources to help them there. The main supplier of oxygen, Productos del Aire, has stopped production, due to completely saturated […]
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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, and talked about our work in Chajmaic, Guatemala. Click here for additional information. Thank you to Malden News Network for […]
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 and our recent newsletter email. However, as in many places in the world where a body of water serves all […]
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 world where a body of water serves all the needs of its population, it contains water-borne illnesses: multiple parasites, worms, […]
Sowing Opportunities’ video
Sowing Opportunities professional video (English, November 2019) Video profesional de Sembrando Oportunidades (Español, Noviembre 2019)
Used clothing fundraiser through www.savers.com
Sowing Opportunities just concluded its Savers FUNDrive (deadline August 28, 2020). Details are here. Sowing Opportunities held a clothing drive and, thanks to the support of many, we collected over 300 large bags totaling […]
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)
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, she plans to establish a Guatemalan bank account, meet with Sowing Opportunities’ associate agricultural engineers, set up a branch nonprofit […]
Bike-a-thon in Malden, MA on Saturday, September 15 at 12:00 noon
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 water to the remote village of Chajmaic, Guatemala. Bike-a-thon in Malden, MA on Saturday, September 15 at 12:00 noon We plan to ride for ~4.2 miles along […]
Repairing the World
Dear Friends, family and colleagues, The Jewish New Year has begun. This is the time of renewal, and it is part of our tradition to focus on Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. If you have given one time in the past, or if you have never contributed to this project, would you consider doing so now? […]
GiveCamp
Sowing Opportunities, Inc. was selected to participate in New England GiveCamp, a weekend-long event where technology professionals from designers, developers and database administrators to marketers and web strategists donate their time to provide solutions for non-profit organizations. I am excited for how GiveCamp can help our nonprofit to develop a beautiful website and become more […]
Olivia Returns Home
Dear Friends, family and colleagues, Two weeks ago Olivia and her 2-year-old daughter (see photo) left the safe house in Cobán (see sign over entry) and returned to their village in Chajmaic. During the three months that they stayed in the safe house, they both gained nutrition and medical stability, and Olivia contributed to the […]