In a World Filled with Food Security Challenges, We Provide Solutions
Families and communities in rural Guatemala have struggled with malnutrition and food insecurity for generations, leading to ongoing cycles of poverty and poor health that are hard to escape.
To break these cycles of hardship and create better lives now and for future generations, our Program provides long-term training and mentoring to create reliable food security, better health, and increased opportunity.
What is the Seeds for a Future Program?
In 2009, we began a sustainable food-security training program for restoring the health and well-being of rural Guatemalans, who endure one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in Central America and the world.
Due to its impact and success, the Program continues to flourish throughout Guatemala.
Seeds for a Future isn’t only providing aid.
Instead, our training and resources incorporate a long-term strategy of self-sufficiency and self-reliance to overcome the challenges facing rural Guatemalans and enable brighter lives with lasting change.
Generational Change and Resilience:
The methods and practices used by the program's participants to achieve nutritious food security, reduce disease, and increase their incomes become familial and community traditions.
These traditions are passed to future generations, contributing to healthier and more vibrant communities for generations to come.
Because of the Program's flexible and sustainable nature, it can be implemented in rural communities across the globe.
To learn more about how our Program works, please click here.
Our Impact as of 2025:
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The Program serves 19 communities located in 10 states across Guatemala
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Over 5,200 Families have graduated from the Program
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41,600+ people have benefited (avg family size = 8.0)
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Thousands of home gardens created and maintained
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Thousands of protein animals raised
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20,000 native fruit, cacao, and timber trees planted and producing
Seeds for a Future Program Locations in Guatemala
The INCAP Research Study of the Seeds for a Future Program
An independent, randomized controlled trial of the Seeds for a Future Program was conducted from 2014 to 2017 by the internationally respected Institute for Nutrition in Central America and Panama (INCAP).
Funded by the Nestlé Foundation of Switzerland, INCAP’s research revealed that Seeds for a Future’s strategies and methods produce measurable positive improvements in the health of participating mothers and babies.
Follow-up interviews showed an extraordinary level of sustainability – more than 80% of study participants reported continuing one or more actions they had learned from the Seeds for a Future program.
