Calling all worker bees! Come support SHI-Honduras farmers in their efforts to establish integrated, organic apiculture systems on their lands. Participate in workshops on the construction and division of improved beehives, organic pest control, honey and pollen extraction, and marketing while living with local families. Supporting sustainable agriculture never tasted so sweet. Volunteers participating in this project will stay with local SHI participant families and work alongside Honduran staff to build upon alternatives to destructive slash-and-burn agricultural practices. In addition…
Special thanks to the Trinidad Conservation Project for their ongoing support of SHI's work in Honduras' Santa Barbara District. The SHI-Honduras team welcomes the Trinidad Conservation Project back to Santa Barbara! During this exciting trip, we will travel to rural communities in the central highlands of Honduras to work side by side with families on sustainable farming and reforestation projects. SHI families and our local staff are excited to welcome TCP volunteers back to their communities and share the progress…
Belize Rainforest Service Adventure! (Please note: This trip is only open to Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth families. If your group would like to schedule a trip like this, please contact us.) Does your family want to make a difference during winter break? Join CTY Family Academic Programs for an exciting service-learning adventure in the rainforests of Belize! Join CTY as we travel to Belize, a country that boasts a lush tropical landscape, untouched rainforests, ancient Mayan history, and…
Join SHI on the front lines of environmental protection and rural community development by helping to implement sustainable farming practices that protect Panama's natural resources while breaking cycles of poverty that threaten rural communities. Trip participants will work alongside local staff and families to plant vegetable gardens, establish tree nurseries, build wood-conserving stoves and more. SHI families in the rural villages of San Juanito and Pagua are excited to welcome volunteers into their homes and share their community and farms.…
We are excited to welcome students and faculty from the Center for Ecological Living and Learning back to work with SHI in Honduras! This year's program will include a hands-on look at SHI's work with families growing coffee in the northern highlands. Coffee is an important crop in the region and students will work alongside SHI participant families and staff on a variety of volunteer projects related to sustainable coffee production while learning about the impact of coffee on…
Join SHI-Panama this November, exploring the impact of our work on developing vibrant, sustainable economies in rural Panama. Mornings will involve farm tours, visits to local cooperatives, schools and community groups and volunteer projects with SHI's local staff and families. Afternoon workshops will include creative approaches to building sustainability in the workplace and ways your business can be a leader in the global sustainability movement in your community.Panama's tropical forests are home to more than 10,000 different species of plants…
Join SHI-Honduras in the Mountains of Yoro! Give the cabras at the Barrio Abajo Dairy Goat project a scratch behind the ears, get your hands dirty making bocashi, learn how to make tortillas and roast coffee by hand, work alongside families in their organic gardens, splash in a jungle waterfall, wake up to the crow of roosters in the morning and learn how rural families are using sustainable farming practices to turn the tide of poverty and deforestation in their…
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"SHI is our favorite organization to support. They are well run and have a grounded, workable knowledge of what can be done to help improve the lives of those they serve. In fact they serve us all. The impact of their work affects not only farmers in Central America, but also their families, communities, countries, and ultimately it plays it's part in the sustainability of our global ecosystem. SHI thinks globally, acts locally. Their hearts are in the right place. Please support them if you can." 
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