ESNA Village Network
DESCRIPTION
CONTACT NAME
Bill Fischer
EMAIL
bfischer8@msn.com
PHONE
ESNA Village Network trains rural families who are subsistence farmers
in El Salvador, teaching them alternative farming methods that will produce
both food and income on a consistent and sustainable monthly basis.
ESNA provides the training, the tools and the distribution channels for their
produce. It costs $3,000 per farmer on one half acre of ground to provide
the training, tools, marketing, distribution and follow on support. Each
farmer they train creates an additional three jobs in the community. Their
main effort is in drip irrigation of vegetables.
515-490-1803
OFFICE ADDRESS
Des Moines, IA
TYPE OF WORK
International
COUNTIES
Polk
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HOW TO HELP
Iowans can assist ESNA in two ways: donations to their work,
or organizing a service learning trip of 8-12 people who travel to El
Salvador with ESNA. Iowans can also join an existing service-learning trip.