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I want to share with you a story, and a life-changing opportunity.

Albertina had a daughter she loved. But Albertina was poor… extremely poor… and she had to make a choice.

Living in the remote, rugged mountains of Nicaragua, Albertina lived like many rural families across Central America–with love and dreams for her children, but waking up each day knowing that dreams won’t put food in hungry stomachs.

With no land, education, or consistent income or food source, Albertina and her family suffered.

“I had a daughter,” Albertina said. “She was tender, she was little, and I loved her. She was just like the little kids here in this village. But, I was very poor… I didn’t have any land to grow food, work was hard to find. I was often forced to leave my daughter behind while I went out to try and find work.”

“One day she got sick. But I had so little money; I had to choose between giving her medicine, or a little food. I had nothing to give her, until the day came when she died.”

“One needs to take care of children… but I didn’t have anything. I am still so sorry, and never want to pass through anything like that again.”

A mother should never have to make that kind of choice. Never.

But Albertina’s story is neither rare nor isolated. In remote villages throughout the developing world, without land of their own to farm for food, without work, families are forced to endure hunger, sickness, and a thousand degradations that destroy human dignity.

But that is where we come in. We have the ability to offer families like Albertina’s a different choice… the ability to choose life.

To that end, I am excited to share with you an incredible matching gift opportunity. Every dollar you donate to Agros by June 30–up to $100,000 in general giving–will be matched dollar for dollar. This doubles your donation, doubling your ability to impact and help people like Albertina.

We know these families have the capacity to work their way out of poverty. They simply need someone to believe and invest in their potential. It’s easy to make a difference – you can:

• Make a general donation online
• Give an alternative gift from the Agros One Seed Gift Catalog

In order to quality for the $100,000 matching opportunity, all donations need to be received by June 30, 2010.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide to ensure we finish the year strong. Click here to make a donation now to help families like Albertina’s.

We could not do this work without you. Thank you.