I am so greatful for being able to volunteer for AFOP. It was a very rewarding experience for myself and others who became part of this journey. I constantly would receive positive feedback from the farm workers and their families. Not only the people we would serve were impacted but the whole community was moved to do more for underserved communities. I was able to learn many valuable skills during my term that have benefited me professionally and in a personal level as well. Thank you to all the AFOP for helping me be a leader in my community and giving me the tools to help our Farm Workers.
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- EIN 56-1009730
- 202-828-6006
- 1726 M St NW Ste 602 Washington DC 20036 USA
- www.afop.org
- AFOPNational
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Food, Health, Human Services, Job Training, Public Health
Mission: Our mission is to improve the quality of life for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families by providing advocacy for the member organizations that serve them.
Results: In the last past 4 years, AFOP's Health & Safety Programs has impacted over 100,000 farmworkers by providing them and their families with pesticide safety and heat stress training, referrals to the Workforce Development Program and other services and providing them with direct services such as transportation, education, clothing, food, among others.
Target demographics: farmworkers
Direct beneficiaries per year: Farmworkers and their families
Geographic areas served: USA
Programs: AFOP has been an advocate for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States since 1971. AFOP member agencies administer programs that upgrade farmworkers skills and provide essential education. AFOP's Health & Safety Dept. has several programs to improve farmworkers health. Farmworker Occupational Health & Safety Training Program provide pesticide safety and heat stress education to farmworkers and their families. LEAF Certification Program is a pesticide safety program which educate farmworkers and their families how to avoid take-home exposures. Most farmworkers earn less than $14,500 per year from what is often backbreaking and dangerous labor. Federal law allows children as young as 12 to work unlimited hours in agriculture, when in any other industry, twelve year-olds are protected from work. AFOP's Children in the Fields campaign strives to improve the quality of life of farmworker children by advocating for federal child labor laws in agriculture.