The participant families received seedlings and fertilizer after their first planting lesson from Federico, April 5, 2022. 

Greetings!

As you know, Sowing Opportunities is currently supporting indigenous Guatemalan families to grow their own food in greenhouses at their homes. (Details about the greenhouses project: https://conta.cc/3uqyKAo )

The first piece of news is that, thanks to generous donations from 20 individuals - and more wanted to give as well - we received 100% to give to all 30 participating families for groceries and we will plan to deliver the funds (GTQ 200 = ~$25) in individual envelopes. The list of families is at the bottom of this page.
Week 3 Harvest, April 21, 2022 
The second piece of news is the incredible growth of the plants in just two short weeks! Three videos are on this page.
Ginny takes a break from assisting with rock painting. Breeana and Fern discuss Sowing Opportunities' mission and the various plants with a customer making a donation. Photo credit Liz Scorsello.
Third, Earth Day, Friday, April 22nd, was successful with many visitors to our table at The Gallery@57 and funds raised for the greenhouse project. More photos at this page. 
Netta, Fern and Ginny, Melrose Farmers' Market for Sowing Opportunities, July 22, 2021
Fourth, Fern is traveling on May 3-8 with Netta to Guatemala to witness the harvest of the greenhouses. Federico, Ricardo, and Fern are in awe of the productivity of the participant families who are motivated to work hard and produce excellent results in a shortened time.

We are providing additional seedlings to the families who have effective results ... and this is all 30 of the families!

We have two requests:
  1. If you pray, would you pray for our safety in Guatemala, and for Fern and Ricardo, traveling to Chajmaic?
  2. If you are able, would you consider helping us with the cost of a additional delivery of seedlings, as an incentive, at the end of May? The cost of this trip is $840, so anything would be helpful.
Thank you for your support.

It would help if you would share this email.

As always, 100% of your donation goes to this indigenous, remote village.

You can contact us at info@sowingops.org.

Thank you again for your interest in the greenhouses project in Chajmaic, Guatemala!
Ricardo with one of the family participants, receiving seedlings, fertilizer, and insecticide to begin his own greenhouse, April 5, 2022
Sowing Opportunities, Inc.
21 Ivy Road
Malden, MA 02148
www.sowingops.org