Most Rural Guatemalan Women Face an Uphill Challenge
They’re contending with:
- Limited access to education and training
- Limited earning opportunities
- Cultural hurdles and gender bias
To counter the challenges facing rural women, the Seeds Program integrates critical and sustainable elements for healthy living and personal empowerment.
The Key Program Elements for Empowering Women Include:
- Educational opportunities to learn about nutrition education, the First 1,000 Days Program, WASH program, and regenerative living practices
- Planting backyard farms and introducing animal husbandry to increase access to fresh vegetables, fruits, and abundant protein.
- Ongoing mentorship, cohort opportunities, and micro-business opportunities
Impact
These critical elements allow women to learn and embrace essential skills, contribute to overall household income, and foster a healthier, thriving families and communities.
In this, they transition to being more self-empowered and confident in their abilities.
Collectively, this welcomes a positive ripple effect within their families and communities, leading to sustainable generational change.
How it Works
- Our program offers individualized educational opportunities and workshops focused on essential topics such as nutrition education, which empowers women to make informed dietary choices for themselves and their households.
These Program elements allow women to learn and embrace essential skills, contribute to overall household income, and foster a healthier, thriving community.
In this, they transition to being more self-empowered and confident in their abilities.
Collectively, this welcomes a positive ripple effect within their families and communities, leading to sustainable generational change.
- The Seeds Program participants are encouraged to plant, nurture, and harvest backyard farms, allowing them to cultivate their own fruits and vegetables for increased food security and nutritional value.
By introducing animal husbandry, participants have an opportunity to raise chickens for meat or eggs, goats, or other small livestock, complementing their crop yields with fresh protein sources. This initiative enhances access to fresh produce and fosters self-sufficiency and improved income opportunities through the sale of excess harvest.
- Ongoing mentorship connects members with experienced field team members who ensure guidance and support as they navigate challenges.
Cohort opportunities between neighboring members encourage collaboration and skill-sharing among participants, fostering a sense of community and collective empowerment. Micro-business opportunities equip women with the tools and resources necessary to start their own ventures, boosting economic resilience and encouraging entrepreneurship within their communities.
Today's Empowerment, Tomorrow's Leaders
The Seeds Program addresses challenges faced by rural Guatemalan women by offering educational opportunities in nutrition, child development, and regenerative practices, alongside initiatives for backyard farming and animal husbandry to reduce malnutrition rates and enhance food security.
With the support of ongoing mentorship, women gain essential skills, nurturing opportunities for increased household income and fostering healthier communities.
This empowerment leads to greater self-confidence and a positive ripple effect, promoting sustainable generational change within families and communities.
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