12.18.20 – Creciendo Juntos Enjoys Sancocho
Growing Together ( Creciendo Juntos) organizes a communitarian stew (sancocho) on the street for families, adults, the elders, and children. Everyone brings something to share: a potato, a tomato, a carrot, some noodles. They are putting it inside of the pots...Mothers and teens take care of food. The community shares and organizes. They make a line up with their plates and spoons.
12.8.20 – Colorado Gives Day
EPIC is proud to be based in the beautiful state of Colorado. We are encouraging our members to give together on December 8th, 2020. ColoradoGives.org is a year-round, online giving tool featuring the missions, programs and finances of almost 3000 Colorado nonprofits.
12.2.20 – Celebrate #GivingTuesday
Join with our program partners in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador as they respond to the devastation caused by catastrophic hurricanes, Eta and Iota, that struck Central America within two weeks. #GivingTuesday
2020 Annual Report: Food Security
In addition to distributing food, EPIC’s program partners are promoting vegetable gardens. Soacha is a very poor community outside Bogotá, Colombia, where people fleeing violence have settled. Most residents depend on day labor and are food insecure.
2020 Annual Report: Nutritious Food For Families
La Semilla del Progreso in Honduras began an agro-salud program (agriculturally-based health education) for groups of women in 3 communities. Activities are emphasizing nutrition education and home gardens and there are 50 families participating. The cooking classes use the nutritious food the women are growing, with food preparation safety and family hygiene included.
Goals For Kids
At the end of the school year (November in Guatemala), they celebrated a field day with soccer, fun competitions, a picnic and motivational talks. Enjoy the video!
Creciendo Juntos Distributes to 130 Families
Soacha is a very poor community outside Bogotá, Colombia, where people fleeing violence have settled. Most residents depend on day labor, and without work, there is not food for the family. Creciendo Juntos, EPIC’s partner in Colombia, has now been able to do its 5th food distribution for 130 families. $12 provides food to feed a family of 5-6 members for a week!
EPIC’s 43rd Annual General Meeting – August 1st, 2020
Join us for the EPIC’s 43rd Annual General Meeting on August 1st, 2020. We will be gathering on Zoom at 9:00 am (Mountain Time). We are excited to share inspiring stories from the projects and our hopes for the coming year.
Reforestation Work Continues in Guatemala
EPIC's reforestation work continues in spite of COVID! During June the Baja Verapaz program distributed 12,000 trees for reforestation in 15 communities.
COVID-19: May Updates
EPIC’s agricultural programs are working in water conservation and soil preparation during social distancing. Participants of La Semilla in Honduras captured water from 2 springs and constructed a large water reservoir in a region very prone to drought. No more than 5 persons dug at a time.