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Thanks to the incredible generosity and involvement of more than 450 guests and volunteers, Agros International’s 7th annual Tierras de Vida dinner was a phenomenal success!

Guests at the October 23rd dinner contributed more than $505,000 to help rural poor families overcome poverty and become self-supporting.

Guest speaker Gary Darmstadt, Director of the Family Health, Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shared the plight faced by the millions of people across the globe living in rural poverty.

Keynote speaker, Danubia Orellana Lopez, from the Agros village of Brisas del Volcan, Honduras, captured the crowd as she shared her personal journey of hope and transformation.

Danubia, one of 14 children, grew up in dire poverty in Honduas – the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. As a young mother, she earned forty cents a day working on a coffee plantation – hardly enough income to provide for her family. Inspired by her mother, Danubia banded together with 7 other women to work for a better future. She called the group, “Unity and Strength.” They began to bake bread together, and plant coffee seedlings, to earn an income.

In 2005, Danubia and her group met a representative from Agros International who offered to help them buy land, and train them to work the land together, to generate more income, and become self-supporting. Danubia’s dreams for a better future became a reality in 2006, when she and her group, with support from Agros, started the village of Brisas del Volcan!

Danubia received a standing ovation from the packed crowd, as she shared, “Our children will not suffer like we did. They can dream, and as parents and because of what we’re building with Agros, we can now help their dreams come true.”

To each and every one of you who joined with us for this year’s Tierras de Vida, we extend our heartfelt thanks, for helping to make this event a record breaking success!

Mil gracias!