Native people in Mexico will get trained in more eco-friendly and profitable farm management.

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Summary

Help train subsistence farmers on eco-friendly farming methods. This improves the income and health of families, protects the rainforest and conserves resources for future generations. read updates from the field

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	$25 - 1 coffee farmer can convert to organic methods, creating bird habitats
	$50 - 2 farmers can learn how to raise cattle without cutting down the rainforest
	$140 - 5 trees can be saved each year as 1 family can install wood-saving stoves
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Over one million Mayan indigenous people live as subsistence farmers in the resource-rich state of Chiapas, where poverty rates are the highest in Mexico. Despite a strong indigenous rights movement, marginalization, malnutrition and illiteracy are still the norm. With the support of DESMI, Mayan communities are organizing their own sustainable development projects.

Activities

DESMI will provide loans and training for organic coffee, corn, vegetable, livestock, and wood-saving stove projects. Training topics include ecological issues, gender equity, health and nutrition, and financial management.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $6,219
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $17,919
Total Funding Goal: $24,138

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

• Improved health, nutrition, and self-sufficiency of families & communities • Expanded habitat for birds & other wildlife though organic coffee practices • Rainforest protection through sustainable cattle collectives and wood preservation from sto

Project Message

Thanks to DESMI, we are working collectively and progressing to improve the health conditions of the families that live in our community. You can see the unity of humanity when they work together.
- Adolfo, San Antonio LaReforma Development Committee Member

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Yael Falicov,
Director of Programs
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

Econ & Social Development of Indigenous Mexicans
APDO. Postal 65
C.P. 29200
San Cristobal d.l. Casas, Chiapas
Mexico
52-967-67-81248
http://www.laneta.apc.org/desmiac

Learn more about Econ & Social Development of Indigenous Mexicans and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Mexico and can also be found under Climate Change (GG Green).

For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 09, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 20, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

December 2008 Update

By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, December 09, 2008 03:23 PM

In 2008, DESMI staff conducted a total of 22 workshops and 83 follow up visits on sustainable agriculture, involving 950 participants representing 131 communities. The participants are ‘agroecology promoters’ chosen by their communities who attend the workshops in return for making a commitment to training their neighbors in sustainable agriculture techniques.

The training is multiplied as the promoters replicate what they have learned in follow-up workshops that they give in their own villages. The impact therefore reaches many more people than those who attend the initial workshops.

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