The work that was done was in vain because it did not yield. There was so little because we didn’t know how to cultivate. We kept trying and trying to do better, but we didn’t get the production we wanted.

Thanks to Plant With Purpose, now everything is different.

People need a good green space, with enough trees. After all, that was our purpose from the beginning of creation. We are supposed to live in a thriving environment, not in these conditions. Plant With Purpose’s projects are accompanied by planting and reforestation, because ultimately, that's what we need to try to have a better life.

I believe that it is essential to continue trying to save this planet. One way or another, we have to try. At least where we live. We do not know, in other parts, how they are doing it, but at least in what is our space we try to sow to be able to leave a legacy to our children.

Antonia is a wife and mother of six. Through her Purpose Group, she received training on savings, organic honey production, raising poultry, and agroforestry. “Reforestation on our plantations has benefited both our coffee and chalum plants and our community. These renovations contribute to vegetation and have a positive impact on honey production…. I have also learned how to better raise poultry. I buy chickens and then fatten and sell them for an income that has been even more profitable than our coffee sales. By saving with our Purpose Group, we have access to loans that have enabled us to borrow and invest in our coffee and poultry enterprises.” Antonia envisions expanding her production, something she believes is achievable now, thanks to her Purpose Group. “I dream of continuing to improve our coffee production with equipment for both wet and dry processes. For this next step, I need to invest in a coffee pulper.”

“Participating in the VLSA has helped me. Now I make the commitment to set aside money for savings and thus not spend it, I also have the interest of taking advantage of everything I produce, such as lime, lemon, orange and yuca to sell in the square. So far I have not applied for a loan in the group, but I have thought to do it in the near future because I want to buy industrial sewing machines, because my dream is to have a sewing workshop to make naguas, which are the traditional skirts of the region…. I pray to God for the idea of ​​a business that is economically sustainable for my family, and I believe that this business is the sewing workshop.”