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You have the power to end the cycle of generational poverty for nearly 1,300 families.

Thanks to the generous matching grant of $75,000 from several anonymous partners, you can now double your capacity to change lives! Any gift you make by the end of our fiscal year on June 30, 2011 will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $75,000!

Your gift will go a long way toward helping families like Maria’s.

Agros Update – June 2011

David Carlson shares his experience in the Ixil region of Guatemala, where Agros is helping local families to grow snow peas and sell them in markets across the globe. A great example of how the Agros model is working to alleviate rural poverty!

For years Maria’s husband Diego traveled miles in search of work to support their eight children.  The brutal civil war that tore through their homeland destroyed Maria and Diego’s home and they were forced to live with Maria’s mother, the entire family sharing a single room.

Thanks to her partnership with Agros, Maria’s family now has enormous opportunity; today she and Diego have built a new home with room for their whole family in the Agros community of Cajixay, Guatemala.  Instead of traveling miles in search of work, they grow snow peas on a plot of land they’ll soon own, and sell them through an international export contract.

Most importantly, the income from their crops has helped to finance the education of their children, some of whom have even gone on to become teachers and nurses.

Your gift to Agros makes all the difference for rural poor families like Maria’s as they obtain the necessary training and assets to escape poverty for generations to come.

And since your gift can be matched, dollar-for-dollar, through the end of June, this means double the small business loans, double the literacy training, and double the impact!

Maria and Diego’s story is a testament to their hard work and determination to change their circumstances.  But they cannot do this alone.  They need partners like you to invest in their potential.  People who understand the difference that Agros can make in the lives of the rural poor.

“Agros does not just teach, but accompanied us during the whole process.  Thanks to this support, my income has improved, my family and I have better living conditions, and we are also able to help others in the community,” says Maria.

Would you please consider making a gift of $100, $250, $500, or more to help empower families like Maria’s in Central America and Mexico? Now is the perfect time, knowing that your gift will be doubled to $200, $500, $1,000 or more!

Please make a gift today! Not only will your funds be matched dollar for dollar, but the impact will be multiplied exponentially as you break the cycle of poverty for countless others in generations to come!  Thank you!