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Celebrating a Successful Year in Farming
ViviendasLeón in Nicaragua held a day of activities to recognize the work of our sustainable agriculture program on New Year’s Eve, 2024. In the event, we had the participation of our farmers, who enthusiastically and with a happy heart participated in each of the games. In them, we talked about the experiences learned in the… Read More »
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Harvesting Hope in Guatemala
2024 will remain in our memory as the year in which we planted not only seeds in the ground, but also in the hearts of the families that are part of ViviendasLeón. This year, with enthusiasm, we inaugurated our Garden program, a dream that became a reality thanks to collective effort, passion for change and… Read More »
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An Interview with Reyna Torres
Recognizing the interrelated causes of poverty and lack of psychological support for women in rural communities, ViviendasLeon has worked with rural women, contributing to their empowerment and to eliminating their emotional and economic vulnerabilities through social-emotional and capacity training… Read More »
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Cristina Yac: A new beginning
Doña Cristina, has been a single mother with two daughters for many years. She participated in our Capacity Training program in 2023, graduated, and then began creating her garden near her house. After learning the basics of vegetable farming while including her two children in that process, she harvested her first crops in October… Read More »
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Newsletter September-October 2024
This month in our Newsletter – Interviews with Juana Chamorro of Guatemala and with Karla Galeano of Nicaragua. Read More »
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An Interview with Karla Galeano
In 2015 Karla Galeano joined the capacity training program, learning about the value of education and women’s rights, leadership, gender equality and better ways to raise children. She became empowered, and capable of holding difficult conversations with her peers… Read More »
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An Interview with Juana Chamorro
Juana Chamorro and her husband Crino live in Los Planes with 3 of their 8 children. In 2023, when she began workshops in ViviendasLeon’s training program, she demonstrated a capacity for leadership, collaboration and responsibility among her 20 cohort members. Read More »
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Newsletter July-August 2024
This month in our Newsletter – Learn more about ViviendasLeon and its successful programs in Guatemala and Nicaragua. Sign up for a school travel program in Guatemala in the Mayan Highlands. Read More »
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Women looking to the future: A Cooperative in La Gallina
During the implementation of our HCT program in 2023, a third of the 20 women in the program had founded a cooperative two years previously. They named it CoopEMEGA, an acronym for Cooperative of Entrepreneurial Women Managing Alternatives and Solutions. This group produces chili based condiments known as chileros that are popular in homes and… Read More »
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About ViviendasLeón
ViviendasLeon is dedicated to eliminating rural poverty in Central America. Our mission is to empower and equip rural communities to be agents of change. More than 90% of our program members are women, many single mothers who become rural farmers and small businesswomen. Read More »
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Newsletter May-June 2024
This month in our Newsletter – Meet our newest team member, Yamileth Alonzo. She directs our farming program and is a professional agronomist. Also meet Abigail Benavidez, one of our newest women farming in Nicaragua. Read More »
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Yamileth Alonzo joins ViviendasLeón Guatemala
We are thrilled to welcome Yamileth Alonzo Zárate, our most recent addition to the Guatemala staff as the Sustainable Farms Program Director. Yami is an agronomist with experience in multiple areas of farming including food diversification and nutrition training, agriculture and business technical training, strengthening food security and resilience training, and disaster preparedness in rural… Read More »