El Edén, San Ramón Region, Nicaragua
El Edén is composed of roughly 31 families that came together in hopes of becoming land-owning, sustainable farmers. Agros International (our partner NGO) is assisting these families in owning their own land by providing a land loaning opportunity. The families choose to live in this community and pay back the land loan to Agros while Agros teaches them how to diversify their crops and maintain a sustainable community. EWB-PSP has partnered with Agros on this project to assist the sustainable approach by providing irrigation in the community.
The community has 52 acres of organic coffee farms and 95 acres of farmland. EWB PSP hopes to create a proper, efficient irrigation system to assist in the sustainable care of these crops. Individual farmers have had some success in irrigation, but the community is looking for an efficiently engineered system to assist them in the greater area of farming on their land. The ultimate goal will be to have enough crops for the community as well as enough to sell at a nearby market.
Sending mail to the Nicaragua project team
Please note that the best way to send email to the Nicaragua project team, is to send an email to the following address:
nicaragua-team [at] ewb-pugetsound [dot] org
Nicaragua Team Meeting
Jan 17 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Hello all! I hope you all had a great holiday season, and are looking forward to great progress with the Nicaragua Program. We are getting all of our requirements together and defined. Travel time is getting close!
Event Contact:
Patrick Cummings
Event Email:
Nicaragua Project Meeting - POSTPONED. Click for more info.
Sep 28 2011 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
MEETING POSTPONED - NEW DATE TBD!!!
email nicaragua-pm [at] ewb-pugetsound [dot] org for more info.
Event Contact:
Eset Alemu
Location
Security House building on the 2nd Floor
2225 4th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121United States
47° 36' 53.982" N, 122° 20' 38.1012" W
See map: Google Maps
El Edén Nicaragua Program Team Meeting
Jul 28 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Interested in traveling on an engineering project? Join us next Thursday, July 28th as we review the history of our El Edén Program and plan for an assessment trip this Fall, as well as an implementaiton trip next Spring.
Event Contact:
ewbinfo@ewb-pugetsound.org
Event Email:
Location
The Braeburn Condominiums Community Room
1410 East Pine Street (on Capitol Hill)
Seattle, WA 98122United States
47° 36' 55.5408" N, 122° 18' 49.7772" W
See map: Google Maps
