Agriculture
Alicia Parcero tends a flourishing orchard in the village of Tortuguero, an indigenous community in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico. Life there revolves around the open-air church that the community built themselves, where the people of the village gather to share a meal and give thanks to God for their blessings and pray for strength to withstand their challenges. Families in Tortuguero struggle with food insecurity and the ability to afford education beyond primary grades.
To help improve nutrition in the community and increase possibilities for income, ELCA World Hunger partners with Amextra (the Mexican Association for Rural and Urban Transformation) to provide agricultural training, seeds, and seedlings to start vegetable gardens and orchards in Tortuguero. Your gifts for ELCA World Hunger—agriculture will continue to bear fruit for many years to come!
How you can help:
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| builds a tree nursery in Mauritania |
provides materials, training, and saplings to transform an empty lot into a community orchard in Mexico |
supports the establishment of a community vegetable garden in Mexico |
offers soil testing and conservation training in India |
provides a fruit tree seedling |