Harvesting Abundance in Nicaragua
Nora is an entrepreneur and family gardener from Somoto, Nicaragua. Her husband is away most of the year caring for his sick sister, leaving Nora to tend their garden on her own. Before connecting with our partner, the Council of Protestant Churches of Nicaragua (CEPAD), her harvests yielded next to nothing.
Then Nora received help with her Family Garden. She attended a series of training workshops and received a small micro-credit loan through CEPAD’s Development Program for Women. Three years later, her garden is abundant. She now harvests papaya, tomato, pineapple, cucumber, cucurbit, radish, cilantro and much more.
With the money she’s saved by growing her own food and selling a portion of her harvest, Nora is able to financially support herself while her husband is away. She’s even been able to expand her business by purchasing a refrigerator to diversify the types of food she sells.
Family Garden
Provide seeds, training and education for families to create low-cost, low-effort kitchen gardens that produce fresh fruits and vegetables they can use to increase the nutritional value of meals and generate income by selling surpluses.
$175 (for a family garden)
