While our primary focus has been on developing a sustainable agricultural project which includes sending an agricultural engineer who will provide training for building and maintaining a greenhouse – we need to wait until it is safer in terms of Covid transmission before we can do so. So, for now, we are offering a different vision […]
Summer 2021 Plants & Sustainability Project
Melrose Farmers’ Market video, promoting Sowing Opportunities! The Melrose Farmers’ Market is done for the season, but… Sowing Opportunities, is offering beautifully arranged plants for donation. These begonias can be grown on your window sill during the winter, brightening your house, and make a fine gift! All proceeds directly benefit an #indigenous village in #Guatemala. […]
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 resources to help them there. The main supplier of oxygen, Productos del Aire, has stopped production, due to completely saturated […]
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 […]
Earth Day 2021 celebrated at The Gallery @57
Photos from the May 23rd event at The Gallery@57:
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 – for Earth Day! We’re raising funds for training and supplies. Can you help? Watch Sowing Opportunities’ 1-minute Earth Day video! […]
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 […]
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