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We are excited about all the many projects taking place in Rancho la Colorado, any one of which will help the people of the community. Additional support by way of time or money will help make these projects reality for the local people. Join us in turning these dreams into reality. You may donate to a specific project if you wish.
The Lavender Project
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Picture vast fields of once rich farmland, parched by the sun and baked by seven years of drought. Clouds of dust billow behind each footstep as you walk. Nopal cacti are the only living organisms that seem happy and unaffected by the drought. Subsistence farmers are selling off their precious livestock- chickens, goats, and cattle because they lack feed for them. Most able bodied men have left to seek work in other parts of Mexico or the United States just to feed their families. Four of six irrigation pumps simply don’t work anymore, parts of their rusted casing lie like castaways in pieces on the brown earth. Even if the fields could be irrigated, the prices at which subsistence farmers could sell their staple crops: corn, beans, and peppers have plummeted in recent years due to the effects of NAFTA on the local economies.
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The Community Center Projects
St. Anthony’s Alliance partnered with Esperanza de Joaquin in La Colorada for 6 years. Esperanza provided funds to build the Community Center building and facilitated a number of sustainable projects including a scholarship program, a library program, a medicine & transport program, a soy kitchen program, and a clean water program.
In August 2009, our trusted friend, Esperanza de Joaquin, handed over its duties to St. Anthony’s Alliance. This hand-off was illustrated in a beautiful ceremony that took place in La Colorada with Esperanza members, St. Anthony’s Alliance members, and many of the community member of La Colorada present. We hope we can continue to support and grow the Community Center projects as well and thoughtfully as they have in the past.
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