By Carolyn Neuhaus | Treasurer
In May 2019, the community of Majada Verde, in Talanga, Honduras, held their second community micro-granting event - "Mesa Comunitaria" - in partnership with The Solidarity Project. Majada Verde is a small village located in the mountains surrounding Talanga. It is about a half day’s hike from Talanga’s city center, a well-trodden path among residents of Majada Verde who travel to Talanga to work, shop, and meet friends.
While unmatched in its beauty, Majada Verde lacks basic infrastructure like such as health care posts and consistent public transportation which can make life challenging for community members. Nevertheless, its residents have a lot of pride and are dedicated to constantly improving the livability of their community. During the planning process, our Project Director supported community leaders as they conceptualized ideas to improve their communities and created proposals to pitch to their friends and neighbors.
On the day of the micro-granting event, over 150 community members came out to support their village and vote for projects designed by community leaders. Two community leaders' projects were selected: improvements to the kindergarten classroom and sprucing up the community church. Since the event, kindergarten teacher Dania Alonzo completed a project that improved the infrastructure of her classroom and Luciana Cardona completed her project to improve the community church.
The Solidarity Project also reports that we have expanded our work to another rural village named El Aguacatal in Cedros and successfully partnered with the community and formed a committee to host their first micro-granting event in September. The community of El Aguacatal, is an active and collaborative community that works primarily in mandarin orange and coffee production.
The Solidarity Project looks forward to sharing news and advancements in 2019 with the Global Giving Community and we hope to see many more smiling faces as our partnership in the rural villages of Majada Verde and El Aguacatal as we expand our footprint in the region.
By Carolyn | Treasurer
By Lauren O'Neill | Board Member
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