| Current Plenty Programs |
Plenty Belize
Plenty Belize
has been active for over 15 years, engaged in programs relating to food security, public health education, ecotourism and more. |
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The Belize office is managed by a local board of directors who oversee projects and determine direction.
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Gulf Coast Recovery
Plenty has been a long-term partner in local hurricane recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast.. |
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| Our work is focused on repairing homes for the elderly and other forgotten residents as well as documenting local conditions and grassroots recovery efforts. Volunteers are making a critical difference and are still needed! Several volunteers have established residency in the area to continue their service. More about Gulf Coast Recovery Efforts>> |
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Food and Nutrition
Plenty has a long history of projects relating to food security and nutrition, beginning in the late 70's with its first soy program in Guatemala. |
Pine Ridge, South Dakota |
Projects include a school garden and lunch program in Belize, gardens for Native Americans in South Dakota, plus food supplementation for children, support for cottage industries and small scale agriculture in Guatemala.
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| Kids To The Country |
Kids to the Country at the Swimmin' Hole |
Kids To The Country gives inner-city kids aged 6-12 the opportunity to experience the beauty and inspiration of the natural world and more. |
During weekly summer sessions, KTC combines practical conflict resolution skills and environmental education with activities such as horseback riding and swimming.
More on Kids To The Country>>
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| Plenty News Updates |
Floods continue in Gulf Coast Regions
The quarter-mile wide Isle de Jean Charles, which lies just southwest of New Orleans three feet above sea level has been flooded by hurricanes Rita (2005), Gustav (2008), Ike (2008), and now Isaac as well as tropical storm Lee in 2011...more>> |
The home of Hilton Chaisson on Isle de Jean Charles after hurricane Isaac |
El Salvador
In September, 2012, our Plenty team worked with the Director of Nutrition at the School of Medicine, University of El Salvador (UES), to bring agricultural tools and equipment to families in Rancho Grande, and San Vicente. The families share use of about 3 acres of land.....more>> |
A woman cradles a new wheel seeder, one of several tools
provided to 31 Rancho Grande families by Plenty. |
Plenty Belize
-Plenty Belize teaches students how to grow organic gardens, installs village water and solar energy systems, and provides small loans and assistance to women and micro-businesses Plenty International’s goal is to raise $40,000 in 2012 in support of these efforts....more>> |
 A garden in Southern Belize |
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Books To Kids
This initiative provides children from Tennessee, Louisiana, and rural Kentucky with quality books, at no cost to their families. A target of 25,000 books will be distributed in 2012, which would bring the grand total to more than 105,000 books distributed 2005. ...more>>
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Pine Ridge Gardens
With the support of Onaway Trust, Running Strong for American Indian Youth, the Philip R. Jonsson Foundation, and individual Plenty donors, the number of gardens has grown from 4 to 400...more >>
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 The family gardens project at Pine Ridge produces organic fresh vegetables for the Oglala Lakota people living on a reservation. |
Guatemala Food Projects
With donations, contributions from Mother Teresa’s Missionaries and grants from the Trull, International and SG Foundations, nutrient rich foods are delivered weekly to 490 undernourished and vulnerable children, thanks to Karen’s Soy Nutrition Project. ...more>> |
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Kids To The Country - 2012 Summer Program
Ninety-three kids got to participate in Kids To The Country at the Farm Community in Tennessee this summer. In her counselor program report Jamie wrote, “the most meaningful aspect of KTC (for me) is seeing so many ecstatic kids at the end of each week..more >>
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| The IMANI HOUSE clinic located in Brewerville, Liberia has become an integral part of the Liberian Health care system. more >> |
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PO Box 394
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(931) 964-4323
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