In Guatemala Plenty has worked with indigenous communities, women’s associations, agricultural schools and other non-profit organizations to:
Karen’s Nutrition Program
Karen’s Nutrition Program (KSNP) produces high protein cookies and soymilk for distribution to undernourished children living near the Guatemala City landfill. The local women’s organization Grupo de Soya Santa Maria runs all aspects of the project, and Plenty provides funding, 
technical support and material inputs as needed. The objective of this 14 year old program is to increase the quality nutrient intake of undernourished children, improve parents’ understanding and ability to address family nutrition needs, and expand local employment opportunities. Approximately 300 children from 100 families are served weekly. Many of these families survive by selling what they can salvage from the 40-acre, 300 ft. deep landfill adjacent to the KSNP facility.
Association for the Integrated Development of Molino Belen (ADIBE)
Soy foods and products facility in San Bartolo, Solola
Plenty offers technical and material inputs as requested to assist this longstanding Maya community organization to improve their processing, sales and local marketing of fresh soy products and other high nutrient, low cost foods.
During the Covid pandemic, Plenty provided funds for ADIBE to make three distributions of food and hygiene essentials to several hundred families in their rural Molino Belen community.
In 2023 Plenty also provided technical and material inputs for the community of Molino Belen in their ongoing efforts to build a waste water drainage and treatment system.
Based in rural Chimaltenango, TPS is a women-led organization that promotes sustainable gardening and land use, food and nutrition, and appropriate small scale technology. Plenty has raised grants for TPS projects to expand home gardens, boost ecological wellness and cultural practices such as “Essential Trees and Seeds”. Project methodology includes workshops with women and families from local villages to promote 
increased use of essential native beans, corn, amaranth, and non-gmo soybeans, as well as seed production and storage, composting and related themes. Propagation, preparation and use of plants and herbs with medicinal properties is also taught. Trees of various varieties were planted with Plenty support in 2014 and 2015 to help reforest hillsides and prevent erosion. TPS appropriate technology work incudes producing, solar dryers for medicinal and edible herbs, fruit, tomatoes, and other plants before containerizing for home storage or sale. TPS also produces hand powered well water pumps .
During the Covid pandemic, Plenty also provided funds for TPS to make three distributions of food and hygiene essentials to several hundred families in rural villages they serve.
This Association of 70 women in urban Guatemala City support themselves by making and selling crafts in Guatemala and the U.S. They also manage a clinic and pharmacy, and operate pre and elementary schools for their members and local community. The schools offer children a safe and caring place to learn and study, and are located at the same facility where many of their mothers work.
In 2022 Plenty purchased 11 laptops for the school.
Guatemalan earthquake, February 1976
Two years after Plenty’s founding, we began our international work by responding to a massive earthquake that struck the Guatemalan highlands, killing over 23,000 people. Early relief efforts involved volunteer carpenter crews from the Farm Community who began rebuilding the town of San Andreas Itzapa and outlying rural villages. Deep underlying conditions of poverty and social inequality were revealed through this work, and the Farm Community, through Plenty, sought to provide longer term assistance, sending volunteers with health care, farming, communication and related skills. Initial relief efforts evolved into a four year program involving about 200 volunteers, and was partly funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). 1200 homes, 12 schools and several clinics were rebuilt, and a Mayan radio station and cultural center was established. Other efforts included agriculture and nutrition projects, health care training, and a free clinic for the local town. Orphaned and malnourished children were also cared for by Plenty volunteers. The deep roots created by these early efforts forged a lasting bond between Plenty and Guatemalan partners.
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