Youth Storytellers in Honduras: Part 3
Groundswell International collaborated with two of our partner organizations, Vecinos Honduras and Association Nourrir Sans Détruire, to elevate the voices of local youths in South America and Western Africa, allowing them to shape the next generation’s global narrative. Our last batch of videos out of Honduras come to us from three more young storytellers from communities throughout the country. Through these videos, these youths demonstrate the triumphs, empowerment, and lessons learned that they witness daily in their communities.
Women’s Local Market
In Concepción de Maria, Groundswell International and Vecinos Honduras have aimed our efforts on the ground at empowering locals, particularly women, to strengthen their communities both in the economy and the health of their neighbors. Through education in ecological farming and business practices, women entrepreneurs have gained the ability to sustainably farm natural, healthy foods like fruits and veggies and then hold markets to sell those foods, amongst other products, to their neighbors. This has empowered the women of Concepción de Maria to bolster their local economy while improving the health of their families and community.
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Family Farmers
In communities throughout Honduras, family farmers are solving grain shortage issues by buying local grain and working with Vecinos Honduras to source space and fertilizers and work in collaboration with other farmers in the farmer-to-farmer programs. Growing food locally provides better access to healthy food for these communities and allows locals to provide for their own families without having to rely on chemically or genetically modified commercial offerings.
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AE Local Resources
Farmers in communities across Azabache, Honduras, are rethinking organic farming and their relationship with the environment thanks to their partnership with Vecinos Honduras. Training from Vecinos Honduras has empowered local producers to develop new ways to provide food to their families and neighbors that don’t contaminate natural resources, including the use of amino acids to strengthen their crops and using microorganisms found in their mountains. Says farmer Pedro Chavarria, through their partnership with Vecinos Honduras, local farmers have “realized that we were really in a part of the world where we had all the resources to work without the need of chemicals.”
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