Strategy, Commitment, and Teamwork Coincide to Accomplish the Vision
Through effort, trial and error, and successes, we've created an effective Program foundation that can be replicated around the world.
Learn more about how it works:
- Purpose
- Framework
- Principles of Engagement
“When families feel the power of providing for themselves, new worlds of opportunity open up.”
Our Purpose:
Seeds for a Future's purpose is to foster rural community development and food security with a Program integrating nutrition education, permaculture, and micro-business opportunities.
Based on the coaching and mentoring of families to provide the skills and materials they need for success, the Seeds self-reliance model also fosters the development of "home-grown" leadership, facilitating the Program's spread throughout the community.
The concepts and methods used by Seeds for a Future can be successfully applied in rural communities worldwide when proper attention is given to local environmental, cultural, and community factors.
The Program has enjoyed great success, with over 5,200 families completing it in 19 communities across Guatemala, and it continues to grow as new families enroll.
In addition, we have conducted an Extension version to begin replicating our Program in four distinct regions of Guatemala. In these locations, 2 to 4 new extensionists have been trained, and each is coaching from 20 to 25 families.
Our Framework:
Families and communities are coached and mentored for up to two years to ensure they have the first-hand knowledge and self-confidence required for implementing and maintaining new skills and concepts. These include raising crops and food animals, understanding nutrition and mother/infant health, kitchen hygiene, and microbusiness creation.
Replication of the Program worldwide is a priority of the Seeds team. The staff has developed comprehensive manuals to guide the Program's implementation in a wide variety of cultural settings and communities.
Principles of Engagement:
The Program's success is based on understanding the environmental realities, cultural context and needs of each region and community, as well as the resources and needs of individual families.
The Seeds for a Future Program is designed for flexible implementation. It can be adapted to virtually any local conditions worldwide, using the following principles of engagement:
Based on over fifteen years of experience, our Field Manager and team of skilled Extensionists have created detailed field manuals to guide the implementation of an integrated community development program that directly addresses food security, improved nutrition and health, and increased income opportunities. Currently available in Spanish, these guides are being translated into English.
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