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Friends of One Equal Heart Foundation are committed to raising $4000 to alleviate hunger in Chiapas by giving families the tools and supplies they alleviate hunger and build healthier communities.

Will you help us sow hope for their future?

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

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

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With the worldwide 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 Maya 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.”

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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 slide show) 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, small animal husbandry, native seed preservation, 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 cook with LORENA Stoves (view slide show) 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). We are also supporting communities to build their own greenhouses to extend the growing season and increase crop yields. The Community Health and Children's Nutrition Program (view slide show) 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. Volunteer health promoters employ traditional and Western medicines and techniques to cure illnesses, treat injuries and alleviate suffering and identify ways communities can reduce public health risks such as tuberculosis, typhoid and malaria. Health promoters are installing "living pharmacies" in isolated villages so that communities have access to traditional medicines.

2. Tseltal Maya Scholarship Fund

The Tseltal Maya Scholarship Fund (view slide show) provides 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, 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.