Latin America & Caribbean Affiliates
Regional Overview
In a region rich with natural resources, culture, and history, Latin American and Caribbean businesspeople in the 21st century are finding abundant opportunities to fulfill their calling as Christians.
Today, Partners Worldwide walks alongside business people in Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Haiti, providing over 4,000 members of many different sectors with access to capital, training, mentoring, and advocacy. Small and medium business owners utilize loans to enhance value-added production and agribusinesses. Entrepreneurs and business people learn about effective and ethical business practices based on a biblical worldview and peer mentoring relationships. People also share the tool of training and networking to learn from one another, and to grow as individuals, communities, and nations.
Nicaragua - Farmer to Farmer
Matagalpa and Boaco
Farmer-to-Farmer (Nicaragua) began in 2002 with a shared vision to empower landless Nicaraguan farmers in the areas around Matagalpa and Boaco. Today, this partnership includes over 80 farmers operating on six shared land banks. They also expand their businesses with training; sustainable farming; and access to capital to purchase seed, equipment, and property. As a result of the training, many now grow high-value crops, roast and export coffee, and have installed community water systems. Since 2002, North American partners with experience in agricultural production have offered mentoring and encouragement in their shared language—a mutual love for the land.
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Stories
How five acres saved a family
Tuesday December 11, 2012
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Meet Veronica and Isidro Benavidez. After having land taken from them three times and struggling to provide for their family, Isidro made a desperate plan to illegally immigrate to the United States for work. Read about how God led them to “New Jerusalem”.
Organic coffee farm known as Canaan
Thursday August 19, 2010
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MOMBACHITO, Nicaragua—“We used to live in a village where nobody took us into account, we didn’t have an ongoing place to work, and I used to work for various farmers in order to support my wife and three children,” says Ricardo Rodriguez, husband and father of three in Mombachito, Nicaragua.
Volunteer Opportunities
Spanish-speaking individuals with agriculture experience needed.
For more information, contact Latin America Regional Facilitator, Bob Vryhof.