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Friends of One Equal Heart Foundation are committed to raising $3000 to alleviate hunger in Chiapas by giving families the tools and supplies to grow their own food and prepare nutritional supplements to feed their children.

Will you help us sow hope for their future?

100% of your donations go to support community-based programs that bring direct relief.

Three anonymous donors have agreed to match every donation up to $3000, for a total of $6000!

Get started now by completing our Online Harvest of Hope Form or download and print our printable form to donate by Mail.

In gratitude for your gift, we will send you a drawing by one of the children of the “Caretakers of the Earth” families who are volunteering in their communities to help build kitchen gardens and organic family farms, steward native lands and resources, and end hunger.

This year, with the deepening economic crisis, many families do not have essential supplies even to plant corn and beans, staples of the Mayan diet. Parents are struggling to feed their children.

We recognize that many of you are facing your own economic challenges, and we are grateful for your solidarity with poor Tseltal families, and your continued willingness to support our efforts to end hunger, poverty and injustice in Chiapas.

Chiapas has the highest rate of malnutrition in all of Mexico; over 50% of the population doesn’t have enough to eat. According to the United Nations World Food Programme, “to cope with the food crisis, poor families often buy less food and less nutritious foods…a major health risk for children.”

Each dollar helps preserve and distribute native seeds and purchases supplies to set up vegetable gardens and family farms, build worm composting bins, create organic fertilizers, and provide locally-grown nutritional supplements for malnourished children.

In addition, you can support future leaders committed to tackling these problems and strengthening their communities by donating to the Tseltal Maya Work-Study Scholarship Fund. The Fund supports dedicated students who are studying at Mexican universities while they work to build peace, justice, and hope in their communities.

Click here to download the order form or you can make a donation on line.

Thank you for your generosity!

Here are the programs your donations are supporting:

1. Sustainable Agriculture and Child Nutrition

The Caretakers of the Earth Program (view slideshow) provides education, training and supplies for community volunteers in their work to support sustainable living among poor Tseltal families. The Program helps families produce their own food through organic cultivation techniques and small animal husbandry and install kitchen gardens to improve their health and nutrition. Volunteers teach families how to build composting latrines to improve sanitation and keep contaminants out of rivers and streams. Families also learn how to construct LORENA Stoves (view slideshow)  that use less firewood (reducing the number of trees cut down for fuel) and produce less smoke (improving the air quality of the home and reducing respiratory problems related to smoke inhalation). The Children's Nutrition Project (view slideshow) identifies malnourished children in targeted villages and teaches families how to make a nutritional supplement for their children from locally available ingredients. Volunteers also instruct families how to improve their health and nutrition by making the most of available land and resources in an environmentally responsible manner. 

2. Tseltal Maya Scholarship Fund

Donations provide work-study scholarships for Tseltal Maya students who wish to continue their studies beyond high school at Mexican universities while serving their communities. Scholarships pay for tuition and books, transportation to and from school, room and board, and a stipend. Current scholars are working on completing degrees in business and accounting, law, education, psychology and sustainable development, while they serve their communities by working on projects related to organic coffee production, human rights, women's literacy and leadership, and bicultural education.

3. Community Leadership Training & Support

Throughout the year, volunteers receive continuing education and training to enhance and support their work as traditional judges, mediators, human rights advocates, midwives and health promoters, Caretakers of the Earth, women's literacy teachers, and community leaders. Donations directly support volunteers who encourage the nonviolent resolution of conflicts and respect for human rights, improve public health, ensure the full participation of women in their communities, foster sustainable development and responsible stewardship of native land and resources, and strengthen Tseltal culture and language.