I got to escape the office for a couple days this week to go see some Food for Peace projects in the department of Quiche. We started off in Cunen where we visited a tree nursery that is used for reforestation projects in the area.
Local arcade
From there we stopped next at the house of a family that was receiving food aid, but has since graduated from the program. Through the project, they started to keep goats that provide fresh milk, as well as fertilizer that is produced from the collected goat urine.
Filtering the goat urine
Goat urine ready to be used as a fertilizer
Old food aid bags being reused as part of an enclosure for rabbits
The third stop of the day was with a cooperative that produces certified potato seeds.
Fog rolling in after the afternoon storms
We attended a presentation of the final results of the project that also had an exposition of some of the products that have been supported through the project (produce, beans, baskets, handicrafts, educational materials, etc.)
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