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SUSTAINABLE HARVEST INTERNATIONAL
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October 22, 2012
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My church has worked with SHI for several years, supporting them financially, sending youth groups to work every other summer and adult groups as interest allows. My own experience on an adult trip of women working with women in two communities was so satisfying. I saw the dollars I had given being used to change people's lives in positive ongoing ways. Participants' gardens were proof that they were improving the soil and producing good food for their families - no more need to slash and burn! The other thing that impressed me is how much SHI commits in-country developing and using local personnel to support their mission. This is a lean and lovely organization - one that I am happy to support with my money and time. Tucker H.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Life-changing
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Very Well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
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April 22, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
my grandson and i volunteered with SHI last summer in the jungles outside Punta Gorda, Belize. It was an incredible experience for both of us. SHI had the supplies needed tht couldn't be found at the family home; they educated and guided the families; their intent was to help the families maximize the use of their lands without contaminating the land or water available to them. They presented everything in a simple easy to understand manner for both the families and the volunteers. this was the best experience i could give to my grandson about giving back to the community, the global community.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
Likely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
A lot
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Very Well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
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April 16, 2012
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My daughter and I traveled to the Toledo district of southern Belize last December. We learned of the efforts of SHI through the Cotton Tree Lodge where we stayed. They helped us set up a day of volunteering with Herminio Cho and another SHI worker at a Mayan home in Santa Teresa village. We helped the Max family with a vegetable garden on their property, discussed the importance of keeping a compost pile to add nutrients back to the soil, and enjoyed a wonderful, simple meal together. Sustainable Harvest is making a lasting impact in the lives of native Mayans of Belize and eco-tourists who visit the area and want to help out.
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Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
A lot
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Quite well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
January 19, 2012
I had a chance to volunteer with SHI in Belize toward the end of 2011. My esperience was an excellent one, and the projects I worked on were planting pineapples and various types of trees, and helping to build wood conserving stoves. The people from SHI were very pleasant to work with.
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Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
A lot
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Quite well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
January 3, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
I had the opportunity to travel to Panama and volunteer with SHI in 2011. It was a wonderful experience and I was able to see firsthand how this organization has had an extremely positive impact on the participants in their programs. Many of those in the village in which I volunteered couldn't stop talking about how their lives had changed after participating in programs led by the local field staff. I have found that SHI combines two areas of importance to me: preservation of the environment and empowering people to overcome poverty. I will continue to donate to SHI and hope to participate in a Smaller World Tour again in the future.
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Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
A lot
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Very Well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
December 15, 2011
While completing my thesis work in International Development I had the privilege to work with the Sustainable Harvest Honduras program for 6 months from 2010 to 2011. I worked both in the field visiting SHI participant families as well as in the office with local and international staff where I focused on monitoring and evaluation of SHI program effectiveness and impact. I was continually impressed by the personal and life changing stories I heard from farmers and their families throughout my time there. After working in development in West Africa, where I witnessed a great deal of failed projects and misguided development programs, my time evaluating the impact of SHI programs renewed my faith in the overall impact that small scale development programs can have on the lives of many.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
A lot
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Very Well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
December 11, 2011
I volunteered with SHI-Belize in 2009 while a student at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. SHI's deep commitment to restore forest while assisting farming families overcome poverty is most impressive and appreciated when interacting with the people in the field. The innovation of the field staff who work diligently working with makes a significance for every family either through family gardens, wood efficient stove, agro-forestry, composting or providing training to a local group of farmers and women. The three month experience helped me learn new skills, grow personally and professionally. SHI influenced my career and now I am studying for a M.Sc. in Sustainable Agriculture. I encourage more people to take the time to visit SHI's website: http://www.sustainableharvest.org/, participate or support them in any way possible.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Belize rural communities.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Strengthen national programs to be more effective, efficient and adaptable. National programs need to be able to adapt to changing socioeconomic circumstances in which the work.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Life-changing
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Quite well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
Did your volunteer experience have an effect on you? (teaching you a new skill, or introducing new friends, etc.)
I learned much about my own country Belize in the three month period I was volunteering. I gained skills grassroots work with families, farmers and communities. I was also able to learn manual skills by building wood efficient stoves, composting, solar latrines, and the challenges and opportunities of organic agriculture in the tropics.
How did this volunteer experience make you feel?
Challenged, engaged meaningfully.
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