► When our partnership began in 2014, Maya Ixil had suffered devastating crop losses from La Roya, a fungus that struck in 2012, killing 80% of their coffee shrubs. Maya Ixil was looking for a way to quickly diversify and bolster income in their members’ communities. Beekeeping was identified as a strategy that had not been sufficiently supported due to a lack of resources. We worked with Maya Ixil to establish two community “apiary schools,” and trained 50 coffee farmers.
► Two projects kick off:
♦ Maya Ixil beekeeping
♦ SOPPEXCCA food security
► Planning with CESMACH leads to first beekeeping diagnostic and training with Alfredo
► Marcela goes to Colombia to present results of diagnostic at Intercambio
► Hired the first office manager!