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February 2010
Are you a runner?
February 20-28th we will be hosting the first annual Volcano Ridge Run with Adventure Running Company. . . (more)
Short term construction projects for groups and individuals
We have a need for short term construction teams or individual workers. We have many projects right now that can use general laborers, mason workers, metal workers and welders, or trainable folks who will get their hands dirty. Projects range from 3 days to 2 months and involve raising roofs, building block and brick walls, pouring floors, welding doors and frames, and similar activities. If you would like to take charge of a project, or will be in Guatemala and want to lend a hand, send an email to info@asgreenasitgets.org
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Our lendees are now lenders
The coffee farmers have historically been the biggest recipient of our small business loans. Some of the more established farmers have reached a point where they are financially stable enough to be lenders. The farmers’ collective loaned cash to the community to create 18 new homestays in San Miguel Escobar. This started with seed money from As Green As It Gets, but is now managed and financed entirely by the community . . . (more)
Effort Beyond Charity
Two of our girls were exhausted—the desperate screaming of chickens being plucked had awoken them at 5 a.m. Another had biting ants swarm up her pant leg. The blisters I got from the machetes and hoes were bleeding freely. All in all, we found out very quickly that life at Columbia had not necessarily prepared us for the hard existence of the coffee farmers of Guatemala. However, according to Timoteo Minas, one of our host farmers from our eight-day trip this winter break, coffee farmers are far better off now than they were five years ago, when they began working with As Green As It Gets, (He really did have fun. Reach Eric Rice’s entire account of Columbia University’s trip to Guatemala.)
Addressing the link between poverty and deforestation
Deep in the middle of the Guatemalan jungle is the Ixcan community, displaced by the army during the civil war, neglected by the government and forgotten by society.Taming the forest is the only way that they have been able to survive. They have already lost 1,200 hectares of rainforest to slash and burn agriculture.Without your help they will lose the remaining part of their rainforest in 10 years.Click these links to learn more, get involved individually or with your company, or make a donation to empower an impoverished community and help rebuild their forest.
And Finally...
Just for our newsletter reader we are giving a 10% discount on all order over $50 if you order before Sunday 14th February. Use the special discount code feb10 on checkout and get your discount now in the shop.
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