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Our Team - AIR Guatemala
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All salaried staff members of AIR are Guatemalan professionals. Through our efficiency, experience, and many volunteer hours, we are able to channel an extraordinary 94% of your donations directly to the fieldwork and programs in Guatemala. Anne M. Hallum. Dr Hallum started AIR after leading a group of university students to Guatemala on a school project. 22 years later AIR has planted over 4.2 million trees and trained over 2,700 farm families. Read more about Anne’s story here. Want to get involved.
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AIR Guatemala - Improving human and environmental health in Guatemala
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We’ve trained over 2,700 farm families and planted 4.2 million trees. Here are three things that make us different. Years we have implemented our community based 5 year approach with great results and success. Of our funds and donations go straight to the field to implement projects and programs. We employ local professionals, use native trees and materials, build custom stoves and train farmers on their own land. Don Eladio Iquique, AIR’s 1st Technician. Read Don Eladio’s full essay here.
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Articles and Publications - AIR Guatemala
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Reforestation: the Attainable Sustainable" by Anne M. Hallum, Huffington Post, 2016. PARA EL BIEN COMÚN" Indigenous Women’s Environmental Activism and Community Care Work In Guatemala, Rachel Hallum-Montes, University of Florida (2012). Women are Key to Global Conservation, Huffington Post (03/10/2011). People and the Planet: "Success Story: Reforesting Guatemala- the careful way (March 18, 2009). Shoes that plant trees. Are you an Amazon shopper? Support us while you shop. Our History and Mission.
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Our Approach - AIR Guatemala
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Our 5 Year Approach. AIR’s expert technicians either are invited by community leaders to teach Sustainable Farming, or they approach community residents speaking their Mayan languages and ask if they would like to begin a five-year training program in the farmers’ own fields. Weekly training sessions begin to improve their crops without dangerous chemicals. If funds are available, fuel-efficient stoves will be built for the participating residents. The group will decide who should receive a stove and...
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Our Solutions - AIR Guatemala
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Teaching sustainable farming protects the environment and increases crop yield. We use trees that fertilize the soil naturally and are extremely fast-growing. Fruit is beneficial for proper nutrition and some community members choose to start micro-businesses to sell fruit. Our education programs provide a fun way to inform the generation of the future. We strive to sharply reduce and eventually eliminate use of chemical pesticides and herbicides on family farms. School Env. Curriculum. A central part of...
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Volunteer Trips - AIR Guatemala
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ALL TRIPS FULL - Please try next Spring! In the summer months of June and July, AIR eagerly hosts volunteers from the US because this time is both convenient for most North Americans AND it is the season of afternoon rains when we need to get the tree seedlings quickly transplanted onto mountain slopes. School programs are also active during those months and stoves always need to be built! May 29th - June 5th. June 5th - June 12th. June 12th - June 19th. June 19th - June 26th. June 26th - July 3rd. And s...
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Why - Impact of Reforestation and Sustainable farming - AIR Guatemala
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Sustainable farming and reforestation mean safety. For Guatemala’s rural families. Learn more in one minute. Watch the video with founder, Anne Hallum. Why sustainable farming and reforestation? Mudslides and floods are constant threats to Guatemala and have killed hundreds i. Rural villages are at a higher risk due to their high sloped mountainous terrain and isolation. The root cause stems from lack of access to proteins and a wide variety of nutritious vegetables. By educating and training rural famil...
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About - AIR Guatemala
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AIR’s Mission is to implement educational programs and agro-forestry methods in Central America in order to protect water sources, prevent mudslides, reduce erosion, prevent lung disease and provide more nutritious crops, while protecting the Earth. Dr Anne M. Hallum joined by local Guatemalan children helping plant trees. Rachel Hallum-Montes in Simajhuleu, 2013. Rebecca Hallum, Luis Iquique Socoy of AIR; Anne; and Ryan Wright delivering emergency supplies after mudslides in 2010 in Santa Apolonia.