Self-Help Gardens Bring Food Security

Twenty mothers from  Santa Elena, a Q’anjoba’l Mayan village just south of the Mexican border, received their first batch of vegetable seedlings for the New Year from Adopt-a-Village.  This self-help program empowers villagers to learn the techniques of sustainable gardening so that they can be assured of ongoing food for their children.

Non-hybrid seeds that can be harvested and grown successfully for future plantings are provided from the Mayan Center of Education, the Adopt-a-Village unique school that trains indigenous students in academics and sustainable agriculture.  A major goal of the school is to combat the chronic child malnutrition in the region.