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Before I feel ashamed to say that my diet is based on herbs, I don’t think they provide me with nutrients,” said Doña Catarina, sitting among the various herbs she grows on her plot. Among the vegetables grown: parsley bushes, strawberries, sugarcane, chile, etc. For her, consumption from the countryside is a cause of discrimination. After several years of training, participating in various organizations and strengthening her knowledge in projects, e.g. A project carried out by Educo and Fundebase in Guatemala's Quiche province with support from the European Union, Catarina now says she is proud of the project she produced on his plot. Catarina is a woman , she overcame the challenges of raising a family and found in agroecology a way of life that she had not previously valued because of the discrimination she faced for her way of eating as an Ixil. The Ixil people are An ethnic group from northern Guatemala whose economic, social and cultural rights have been and continue to be severely violated, especially for women. Catalina was exiled far away from her home country during Guatemala's internal armed conflict place, having lost all her property, house and land. After the peace agreement was signed, she had the opportunity to return to the town where she grew up, although not in the same neighborhood. Some time after her return, Catalina began to join an organization , by implementing a plan to export peas, which at that time she had to rent land for farming. Fortunately, this activity brought him some income, and he gradually acquired his own land.
Guatemala-easant-women-Ixil After a while, Doña Catalina and her husband analyzed the possibilities of giving birth to them. "Are we just going to be like this, giving away what we produce? Maybe it's time to produce it for our Chinese Overseas Asia Number Data selves and sell it here," he thought, and they started the idea and gradually introduced some to the land they cultivated species. Therefore, he contacted the organizations that provided him with training, met with Fundebase and Educo, and began to participate in our projects, which are located in the municipalities of Santa María Nevaí, San Juan Cochar and San Gaspar Chajul developed in each community. area. From the province of Quiche. In the training she received from the project, she learned together with other women how to diversify her land. “I learned techniques about soil management, such as contouring, and how to make organic fertilizer and some animal management practices,” he said. Little by little he enhanced his knowledge and for a long time he no longer devoted himself to exporting the products produced on his land, now he used them for home consumption and, on the other hand, sold them on the local market and on the same day . The town’s main square Together with other female vegetable producers in the community, they began to sell their products at Nebaji Market, which is the largest square in the area. It was difficult at first because no one in town knew them and there was no designated place in the square and they were often moved from their stalls.
Realizing the difficulties of not having a fixed venue, they organized themselves to apply for a venue on their free days and successfully did so. Gradually, they became famous and their customers started looking for them as their products were widely accepted, mainly because various vegetables were produced through ecological farming. “I sell everything I bring to the market every day and then I come back with nothing,” Doña Catarina adds with a smile. GUATEMALA - Woman - Ixil Doña Catarina said she sells about quetzals, or about euros, every market day. Part of her income is used to buy other things she does not produce, and another part is invested in diversifying crops on land, part of which belongs to her. "I sometimes use the money I earn to buy some thread to make üiil (a type of embroidered shirt for women), and I also have enough money saved in case I need to take care of my health or other emergencies," she said . Besides, there was always money left over to buy salt, soap, and meat to change the family's diet. Other areas that Ms Katarina values include gaining knowledge about the right to food, women’s rights to own and produce land and other aspects promoted in the training activities we facilitate through the project. Currently, Doña Catarina has acres of land where it grows a variety of vegetables, medicinal plants, fruit trees, and corn. Her desire is to continue to diversify, although for her, the space she has is not enough. "I would like to continue to expand my knowledge and learn more about the transformation of plants, for example: for the production of shampoo and other products from sugar cane," he added.
Guatemala-easant-women-Ixil After a while, Doña Catalina and her husband analyzed the possibilities of giving birth to them. "Are we just going to be like this, giving away what we produce? Maybe it's time to produce it for our Chinese Overseas Asia Number Data selves and sell it here," he thought, and they started the idea and gradually introduced some to the land they cultivated species. Therefore, he contacted the organizations that provided him with training, met with Fundebase and Educo, and began to participate in our projects, which are located in the municipalities of Santa María Nevaí, San Juan Cochar and San Gaspar Chajul developed in each community. area. From the province of Quiche. In the training she received from the project, she learned together with other women how to diversify her land. “I learned techniques about soil management, such as contouring, and how to make organic fertilizer and some animal management practices,” he said. Little by little he enhanced his knowledge and for a long time he no longer devoted himself to exporting the products produced on his land, now he used them for home consumption and, on the other hand, sold them on the local market and on the same day . The town’s main square Together with other female vegetable producers in the community, they began to sell their products at Nebaji Market, which is the largest square in the area. It was difficult at first because no one in town knew them and there was no designated place in the square and they were often moved from their stalls.
Realizing the difficulties of not having a fixed venue, they organized themselves to apply for a venue on their free days and successfully did so. Gradually, they became famous and their customers started looking for them as their products were widely accepted, mainly because various vegetables were produced through ecological farming. “I sell everything I bring to the market every day and then I come back with nothing,” Doña Catarina adds with a smile. GUATEMALA - Woman - Ixil Doña Catarina said she sells about quetzals, or about euros, every market day. Part of her income is used to buy other things she does not produce, and another part is invested in diversifying crops on land, part of which belongs to her. "I sometimes use the money I earn to buy some thread to make üiil (a type of embroidered shirt for women), and I also have enough money saved in case I need to take care of my health or other emergencies," she said . Besides, there was always money left over to buy salt, soap, and meat to change the family's diet. Other areas that Ms Katarina values include gaining knowledge about the right to food, women’s rights to own and produce land and other aspects promoted in the training activities we facilitate through the project. Currently, Doña Catarina has acres of land where it grows a variety of vegetables, medicinal plants, fruit trees, and corn. Her desire is to continue to diversify, although for her, the space she has is not enough. "I would like to continue to expand my knowledge and learn more about the transformation of plants, for example: for the production of shampoo and other products from sugar cane," he added.