News from the field
1.10.24 – Nomina a Defensores
Visibilizar, honrar y proteger a los defensores de derechos humanos en nuestra país. Vigéstimo Noveno Premio Nacional de Derechos Humanos Don Sergio Méndez Arceo. Nomina a defensores antes del 2 de febrero 2024
8.10.23 – La Buena Tierra Graduations
Graduation at the La Buena Tierra Elementary School in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The graduates of sixth grade are going on to middle school with scholarships that the director Lizy Marroquin helped acquire.
7.30.23 – Hot & Dry? Plant Maguey!
Graduation at the La Buena Tierra Elementary School in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The graduates of sixth grade are going on to middle school with scholarships that the director Lizy Marroquin helped acquire.
6.12.23 – Mother’s Day at Creciendo Juntos
Creciendo Juntos in Soacha, Colombia, has many activities for the children and teens in the neighborhood. They offer after-school activities, tutoring, and workshops focused on peace and conflict resolution. Often they organize special events, like celebrating Mother’s Day and a field trip that allowed these city children to fly kites.
2023 EPIC AGM
7.17.21 - EPIC’s ANNUAL MEETING, July 17, 2021 Join us in celebrating the start of EPIC’s 45th year! Our Latin American Program Partners will be on zoom with donors, friends and Board 9:00 am PDT; 10:00 am MDT; 11 am CDT; noon EDT.
5.11.23 – Using an A-Frame
Using an “A frame” farmers in Honduras are learning to lay out level curves to be able to do contour planting on their hillside farms. The “A frame” was used by the Romans to construct their famous aqueducts and roads. A model of a Roman “A frame” as displayed in a museum in Morocco is shown by Chon Tacatic.
3.5.23 – A Hopeful Visit in Spring
After more than a year researching, ordering from China, shipping across the sea to Los Angeles, re-shipping to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, we now have rice hullers operating in Axochiapan, Mexico and La Segovia, El Salvador. The process has not been easy but EPIC staff and program partners have shown perseverance.
2.17.23 – Fuel-Saving Stoves
This fuel saving stove has a chimney that takes the smoke out of the kitchen, significantly diminishing lung damage for women who spend hours a day making meals and tortillas for their families. Visiting the Baja Verapaz Program in Guatemala, Paul Mckay and EPIC's new board member Scott Brink saw home and health improvement put together with saving trees.