Federico returned to Chajmaic, Guatemala at the end of November to meet the 30 new participant families for Phase 2 of the greenhouses project, which will begin on January 8. Details and additional photos are at this link.

Greetings!

We now need just $10,000 more to reach our goal to send Ricardo and Federico to the remote village. We have a matching funds offer until December 31 for any donations received. If you contribute – or visit one of our upcoming fairs (link ) – you will help us to reach our goal! 

According to the plan that Sowing Opportunities’ Project Manager, Ricardo San José Roca and our Agricultural Engineer, Federico Arriola Cuéllar, worked out...

When they travel to Chajmaic on January 8 to start Phase 2, they are going to bring seedlings for different crops for both the first 30 families (March-May 2022) and also for the new, second 30 families. 

The second group of 30 families (January-March 2023) will also receive all the supplies to set up their greenhouses.

Ricardo is working extremely hard to get everything within budget because of increased costs due to global inflation of costs of goods.

Agricultural Engineer, Federico Arriola Cuéllar chats with Maria Leticia Caal Pan as women gather to discuss the Phase 2 January 2023 greenhouses project.

With God’s power, those who have been forgotten are receiving because they are human.

The rains that can be so punishing are also allowing hopes to flower, to give the families the strength to rise up toward the sun and to gain power over their own lives, to stand upright, to walk in the garden of a purposeful life, in touch with the power of the world. (paraphrased from Amidah prayer*)

Additional details of this campaign are at this link.

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We are grateful for your support!  Donations have made Sowing Opportunities' work in the region possible. 100% of every donation goes towards the project.

Martin Ical proudly stands by his greenhouse with Fern Remedi-Brown, May 5, 2022

*Amidah prayer, "We pray that we might know before whom we stand: the Power whose gift is life," Mishkan T'Filah prayerbook, page 51