Next time you enjoy a cup of coffee, take a moment to think about where it comes from. This tiny NGO, headed by a former Peace Corps Volunteer has actually figured out how to improve the lives of coffee producers in two of the poorest regions of the poorest countries: Guatemala and Uganda. They just do a few things but do them very well. SID is under the radar of the big donors, so it's up to us and I can tell you your small contributions will make a direct impact on these deserving recipients
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- 202-544-1115
- 330 Pennsylvania Ave Se Ste 304 Washington DC 20003 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Economic Development, Environment, International, International Development, Microfinance, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection, Rural Economic Development
Mission: Strategies for International Development (SID) designs, proves, and promotes better methods for helping farmers increase income and graduate from poverty. This includes reclaiming the land upon which their income depends and ensuring that women participate equally. 75% of the world’s poor are small farmers making the transition from subsistence to commercial farming, yet only 15% of poor farmers have any access to technical assistance in doing so. There is little salaried work in rural communities and those who want to stay in their communities, rather than migrate, need to create their own jobs and farming is often their only opportunity. SID focuses on helping indigenous farmers and women, two marginalized groups most affected by rural poverty.
Target demographics: We help subsistence farmers transition to successful commerical farmers.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 850 coffee-farming families in Tamahú and 150 diary producing families in Peru.
Geographic areas served: Guatemala and Peru, the two countries in Latin America with the greatest rural poverty.
Programs: An innovative regional coffee program in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, that serves the three main coffee-producing municipalities in the region with 18,380 coffee-farming families. Launched in 2018, it takes a significant step toward solving he problem of large numbers of poor farmers with no access to technical assistance. SID’s regional model gives all farmers in a region some assistance in building successful family-farm enterprises so they can graduate from poverty. A municipal coffee program, which helps 850 coffee-farming families in 25 communities in the Municipality of Tamahú increase their income from coffee and graduate from poverty. We help farmers adopt business as well as better farming practices and select the practices they will adopt. We provide the technical assistance in these, and they evaluate their results. In addition, we provide additional assistance to the women in these communities that ensures they participate equally in the technical assistance and benefits of the program. A Dairy program in Peru, which helps dairy farmers near Lake Titicaca increase their productivity by improving the health, watering, sheltering, and feeding of their cows. We also help farmers reclaim soils and pastures by putting eroded pastures into reserves, reseeding pastures, improving delineation of pastures, and establishing stricter rotation for grazing. SID also provides small loans to dairy farmers and cattle fatteners. Loans range from $500 to $700 with an interest rate of 3.0% per month. The loan cycle is five to six months, with a single repayment of principal and interest at the end of the cycle.