Where We've Been in FY'09

• We approved the largest grant in our history ($500,000 over three years) to support a Save the Children® project in northern Nicaragua focused on bringing sustainable solutions to annual, cyclical months of food insecurity that range from 2-8 months per year.
• We committed $140,000 over four years to support a partnership with the University of Vermont to monitor and evaluate the CECOCAFEN food security project in Nicaragua.
• We worked with a researcher from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture to help coffee farmers in northern Peru overcome the problem of “tired” soil. With our support, cooperative farmers are building a plant to provide locally produced, effective, low-cost organic fertilizer.