Our proven, effective, and tailored model has led to long-term results in 4 countries since 1997. With new pilot projects, initiatives, and programs, we continue to grow and improve upon our original model.
Each country program tailors the model to their cultural context, and each partner farmer is able to mold the model to their specific needs and vision.
SHI-Belize is our smallest yet mightiest program. Our dedicated team builds close relationships with farmers to share practical, sustainable farming strategies that improve well-being and the country’s tropical forests.
The sugarcane industry and other large, conventional agricultural industries dominate the local economy. High deforestation rates and increasing development make this environmentally rich and biodiverse landscape an important focus. Native flora and fauna are vulnerable to extinction due to devastating agricultural practices.
Founded: 1999
Region: Corozal and Orange Walk, previously in the southern districts
Activities: Boosting biodiversity, regenerative agriculture
Graduated families: 247
Active families: 65
SHI-Honduras is our largest and oldest program, noted for its commitment to community participation and empowerment.
Logging and slash-and-burn agriculture have destroyed or damaged large parts of Honduras’ once-pristine tropical forests. Erosion now devastates the country’s mountains and hills, which cover close to 80% of Honduras’ land area.
Farming along mountain slopes presents distinct challenges for rural farmers, especially as many areas are now plagued with infertile soil that does not produce food or support plants.
Founded: 1997
Region: Siguatepeque
Activities: Women empowerment, climate solutions
Graduated families: 695
Active families: 199
SHI-Panama is combining sustainable farming with clean cooking to improve the lives of rural, low-income farmers.
Siltation from the Panama canal and intensive mining in the country has devastated ecosystems and caused increased erosion. The nation’s rural areas are continuously degraded due to these extractive activities, yet they are often neglected and underresourced.
Through sustainable farming methods, Panama’s countryside is healing and communities are earning more income.
Founded: 1998
Region: Penómene
Activities: Small businesses, agroforestry
Graduated families: 580
