Qachuu Aloom, Guatemala - Reforestation
Community managed tree nurseries were established in Agua Fria, Rio Negro, and Buena Vista. More than 60,000 seedlings were planted and irrigation systems were installed to water the baby trees. Trees are now being planted on the eroded hillsides surrounding the dam and on community lands. Hundreds of families came out to help make compost, transport and plant the trees. This project will continue into 2010.
How Can you help?
Your tax-deductible donation the The Garden’s Edge can help reforest Guatemala.
$3.00 = 1 Tree
$50.00 = 20 Trees
We re-forest with local varieties and our nurseries are diverse: Fruit Trees, Hardwoods, Medicinals, and trees used by local craftsmen.
In 2009, Women farmers and seed savers from Qachuu Aloom designed and taught their own workshops for other aspiring Guatemalan women farmers. Women from the Alta Verapaz region visited our center to participate in a 4 month farming course. All the workshops were taught by women in their own gardens! The visiting women returned home to their villages excited to establish their own gardens.
It was such a proud moment for the women of Qachuu Aloom to be able to share their skills and hard work with other women, and to evolve from Qachuu Aloom project participants to leaders and teachers of sustainable agriculture.
There is nothing like a peer-teaching model to inspire action and change!