How to Carry 175 Pounds With Your Head

In the Sierra de las Minas mountains of Guatemala, almost everyone sells both cardamom and coffee. Our in-country office is helping with the cardamom side of things—from warding off pests to connecting farmers to markets. Right now, most ...

Date: Sep 3rd, 2015  |  Category: Make Good

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2015/september/how-to-carry-175-pounds-with-your-head.html

San Seco Program - Double Your Gift!

SAN SECO 1 responds to the food and environmental vulnerabilities of the families who live in Guatemalan and Nicaraguan municipalities where there is a lack of water and a high level drought.

https://www.heifer.org/gift-catalog/campaigns/san-seco-donation.html

Poor need more than $1.26 a day; collaboration critical to closing the gap

... family needs to earn to live a dignified life where they live, and what they actually earn from all of their efforts. For me, the gap is personified by Virginia Carrillo, a coffee farmer in Guatemala.

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/in-the-news/2015/xpoor-need-more-than-126-a-day-collaboration-critical-to-closing-the-gap.html

The Poor Need More Than $1.26 a Day

...Devex to learn how Heifer is helping farmers earn a dignfied and liveable income.Above: Coffee farmer, Feliciana Martin, prepares to work on one of her beehives in Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala. Heifer International believes farm diversification and portfolio management is key to helping smallholder farmers earn dignified, livable incomes.   

Date: Jun 24th, 2015  |  Category: From the CEO

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2015/June/poor-need-more-than-126-a-day.html

Improving Education in a Globalized Society

...perience what it feels like to be poor in a developing country. Upon arriving for a stay at one of Heifer’s Global Villages, students are assigned to different countries such as Thailand, Guatemala, Uganda, or even a refugee camp. They are each given limited supplies based on their country and must barter with other countries to get everything they need for the night. The refugee stude...

Date: Mar 26th, 2015  |  Category: Citizens Without Borders

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2015/March/improving-education-in-a-globalized-society.html

Global Tastes and Empty Stomachs

...ternoon chocolate fix almost certainly began on a small farm in West Africa or the Amazon, since shade-loving cacao trees are extremely difficult to grow on plantations. Like chai tea? Thank Guatemalan small farmers for the aromatic cardamom you need to make it. The local food movement in the United States has helped increase visibility for this country’s small farmers. We go to weeken...

Date: Nov 5th, 2014  |  Category: From the CEO

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2014/November/global-tastes-and-empty-stomachs.html

Farming Voices: Ricardo Juc, A Guatemalan Farmer

... providing livestock, seeds and training to struggling farming families. Ricardo Juc lives with his wife, Matilde Co, 52, and their seven children in Sacpur, San Miguel Tucuru, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. ----- Since I was a teenager I've been working in agriculture. It is the only activity that I can do. When I was very small I grew up without parents, and I grew up working on farms as a ...

Date: Oct 8th, 2014

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2014/October/farming-voices-ricardo-juc.html