Sustainable Harvest International

Planting Hope, Restoring Forests, Nourishing Communities

UPDATE 2012

Sustainable Harvest PanamaOhio Wesleyan University Trip

Interviews in Calle Larga and San Pedro, Cocle, Panama

More Staple Crops, inlcluding corn and rice

Rice – traditional processing

Migdalia

Baudilia Chiru

Fresh coconut water

Oranges

Peach Palm

Josefa’s turkey, bananas, mango, chirimoya, guava and sweet potato

Water Apples

Tomatoes &

Intercropping with pigeon peas, yuca and sweet potatoes

Biodiversity on the farms

Board of Directors - Honduras 2012

Horacio and Vicenta (& Carlos) – my hosts

Maria Oriana, Benedito and grandchildren

Angel Urbina

Antonio’s and Elvin’s coffee forests

Maira’s chicken coop

Lidia’s wood-conserving

stove

El Rosario Rural Bank Board ($1,000 $6,000 in 12 years)

Bakery group

Preserving Forests

Nourishing Communities

877 active families in over 100 communities in four countries receiving technical assistance (and an additional 562 graduates)

3.1 million trees planted since 1997

14,000 acres of degraded land converted to sustainable farming

70,000 acres of tropical forest saved from slash-and-burn

SHI’s AccomplishmentsGrowing slowly but surely since 1997

planted 451 organic vegetable gardens

built 362 wood-conserving stoves

opened 4 new rural banks

farmed 1,307 acres sustainably

gave 296 loans, totaling $18,873

In fiscal year 2011, SHI…

A Lot of Bang for Your Buck

‣ $25,000 supports the work of one field trainer for an entire year.

‣ $8,000 sponsors an entire village program for a whole year.

‣ $4,000 takes a family through SHI’s whole five-year program.

‣ $800 provides a family with technical support and materials for one year.

‣ $250 sponsors a village school garden in a rural community working with SHI.

‣ $100 sponsors a beekeeper to pollinate crops and sell honey in the community.

‣ $60 buys the materials for a wood-conserving stove that will save 100 trees.

Supporting SHI

FY2011 Income & Expense

Expenses

Fundraising 11%

Management 9%

Program 80%

Income Partners 7%

Foundations 27%

Individuals 49%

Smaller World 10%

Events 1%

In-Kind 6%

Thank You!

There Are Thousands Still Waiting

Sustainable Harvest International

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Planting Hope, Restoring Forests, Nourishing Communities