2011 summer sower

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SUMMER 2011

Formerly known as Floresta Usa

Features

Risky Business

Oaxaca Wahines

Double Your Impact

Village Spotlight: Panasawan

NeWs

Jessners Corner

Breaking News

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in this issue


2/8

FORmeRlY kNOWN aS FlOReSta USa2

I set my jaw and clench every muscle

in my body, even my toes are curled.An unconscious prayer dances on my

lips, Please, please, please One

tentative step. Then another, more

confdent. The steps gain momentum,

gain rhythm. Step over step over

perilous step. Until, at last, both eet

are frmly planted on a platorm o

saety. I exhale the breath I wasnt

even aware I was holding.

Hv you vr wchd ighrop wr?Wchd hir vry wich nd ovn?

Brcd or hir dis? l hir sh

bor your ys?

Y vn s I cnch nd cring nd con-

p suddn dh, hir isn ry on

h in. No i hrs sy n o cch

h in orgiving wb o grviy viion.

Iv bn hining o bou h r sy

n ovr h ps w onhs. as h con-

oy gs nd ny aricns pung hd

frs ino hir suppor syss, our inds

no ongr jup o ighrop wrs nddfnc o grviy whn w hr h r

sy n, bu o soci nd fnnci s-

y ns: rinds nd iy, s ns

gg, or svings ccoun. Bu h ning

is h s. a sy n, whhr ir

or fguriv, svs us ro crin hr,

csroph, or vn dh. thy hp us

bounc bc ro s h woud ohr-

wis b dvsing.

th rur poor, h pop Pn Wih Pur-

pos ss o srv, don hv h uxu-

ry o sy ns. lrgy dpndn on

gricuur, h rur poor r highy vu-nrb o ci chngs, nd no jus

cro-por-ic-cps-r-ing chng-

s, bu o sson chngs nd dirnc-

sdroughs, oods, nd ropic sors.

Fiis srugg o produc nough crops

o d hir chidrn, uch ss sv or

h uur or rgncis.

according o h IFaD 2011 Rur Povry

Rpor, Poor rur pop hv ss rsi-

inc hn ss-poor pop bcus hy

hv wr sss o bc on whn

Before VICoBA,we BArely lIVed

to surVIVe

Another dAy.

now, we Are

sendIng our

ChIldren to

sChool

And leArnIng

to tAke

responsIBIlIty.

risky BusiNess:how Communities LiftthemseLves out of

Poverty through asavings-Led systemBy Aly lewisPlant With Purpose Grant Writer


3/8

WWW.PlaNtWItHPURPOSe.ORg

shocks occur. Whn hy do occur, poor po-

p y hv o rsor o copin sris

h invov incurrin db, sin sss, or

oroin on ducion opporuniis or chi-

drn nd youh o which v h h

uch or vunrb o uur shocks.

a Pn Wih Purpos, w us h r vi-

cious cyc o dscrib his downwrd spir

o povry nd dpion o rsourcs, boh

nvironn nd ohrwis, h rips rur

iis. For hs iis, siny s

shocks, ik bd whr or n inss, hrus

h dpr ino povry, ino db, ino

hopssnss nd dspir. Diy i is b-

ncin c wih no sy n in sih.

Pn Wih Purpos prnrs wih rur co-

uniis o rduc hs risks so h hy

cn ov ou o povry. On wy w do his

is hrouh vi svins nd on roups.

lik h n suss, vi svins nd

on roups provid n vnu or couni-

y brs o sv, n, nd vn on

ou hir ony. Pn Wih Purpos uiizs

svins-d sys h hs hd rndous

succss in providin fnnci srvics o h

rur poor who do no hv ccss o bnk-

in insiuions, r unb o quiy or vn

s ons, nd on cnno rd or wri.

Wi scond, how cn poor pop ord

o sv? I hy cn bry surviv, i ss

ik svin woud b h s hin hyd b

b o do.

Wh ks vi svins nd on roups

no ony sib bu so hihy succssu

on h rur poor is h roup brs

hsvs dcid on h oun hy cn

rsonby coi o svin ch wk. Pr

ccounbiiy nd fnnci rinin buids

cuur o svin, nd roups provid uid-

nc nd ncourn o hir brs.

ths roups r coposd o nd d by

couniy brs nd hv w ovrhd

coss h or insiuions rquir. Unik

rdiion icrofnnc insiuions, o h

inrs cocd ro ons os bck o h

roup is rhr hn bin drind o o

n insiuion ousid o h couniy. to

ccood iir popuions, vi

svins nd on roups uiiz orizion

s w s sybos h rprsn h nubr

o roup pds.

Pn Wih Purpos hs xprincd r

succss wih his svins-d sys in is

pror in tnzni, whr w hv hriv-

in nwork o 64 roups wih ovr 1,800

brs. mrs. erud, won ro h

vi o Buruk in tnzni, sid, Bor

VICOBa, w bry ivd o surviv noh-

r dy. Now, w r sndin our chidrn o

schoo nd rnin o k rsponsibiiy. W

s now h vu o ducion. W r us-

in our own ony o k cr o oursvs.

thr r no on shrks or ovrnn of-

cis o worry bou. W hv i o os, bu

vryhin o in.

ths s roups n bi chn or -

iis on h brink. By providin iis wih

bur o svins or rncis, invs-

in in hir nd, srin s businsss,

or pricipin in ohr civiis h coud

hp brin h ou o povry bco ss

risky. thy r b o sbiiz hir inco

o v whr hy cn bsorb shocks.

Whr vry drouh hoor pric

drop round h wordwon prvn

h ro din hir iis. Whr v-

ry sor or inss or bd hrvs dosn

hv o b s prious s ihrop wk

wihou sy n.

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innovative village savings and loan

groups, or to sponsor a village that is im-

plementing these techniques, visit our

website at www.plantwithpurpose.org.


4/8

4 FORmeRlY kNOWN aS FlOReSta USa4

For s on s I hv bn hr w hv hd

scion in The Sowercd th Dircors

Cornr. Sois i hs y picur nx

o i, nd sois I our dior v

i o. I riz h i is y job o rprsn

h orniziono b h c o h or-

nizion, i you wi. Howvr, o h r-

y r hins w r doin r bin c-

copishd no by bu by h pop w

wor wih, h pop who r powrd

by your suppor nd pryr. thy r h

ons who hv pnd h 6.3 iion rs

h w bou. thy r h ons opr-

in h svins nd on roups, nd hy

r h ons rsorin riiy nd bundnc

o h nd. thy r h hros o h Pn

Wih Purpos sory. So ody I woud i his

o b Jssnrs Cornr.

Jssnr is Hiin rr wih os no

or ducion. I oo his picur o hi

s sprin, shory r h rhqu. this

picur o hi wih his son ors r win-

dow on his chrcr nd prsoniy. I ws

i whn sis wr h s hin on

woud xpc o s. Y Jssnr is n

wih hop or h uur nd h is n who

hs discovrd his vocion.

as i urns ou, h hs n norous n

or ricuur innovion nd xprin-

ion. H ivs no r ro our oc in souh-rn Hii whr h runs our rsrch r.

His own r is d wih xprins h

hs dvisd o s h inrcions bwn

vrious pns nd rs. Whn I s visi-

d, h proudy showd h wor h hd

don, wor h hd bun o rsor nd r-

urn ruiunss o sp rocy po o nd

whr h nd his iy drw susnnc.

th di rry s bou h poor xcp

o porry h s vicis, hpssy wi-

in rscu. Poor pop, sdy, on buy

ino h s sory. thy biv h i

h hy hv nohin o or, no -

n h is vub o nyon. this i is

vn sronr on subsisnc r-

rs, h rur poor. In os counris hy

r ood upon s bcwrds, n ipd-

in o dvopn, dspi h c

hy on produc uch o h wh o

h counry.

Sinc h rhqu hr hs bn uch

spcuion in h di bou who, ro

h ousid, shoud x Hii. thr hs

bn n xpcion h h dissr r-

i nd ssocid id woud rscu h

counry nd s i in h rih dircion.

this hs bn oowd by disppoin-

n whn h ri wor did nohin o

corrc h dpr probs h c h

counry. tody os rics nd o c

hop. Bu I hin Jssnr, nd iion

or i hi, r h hop o Hii.

On o h os iporn hins w do

Pn Wih Purpos is hp pop dis-

covr nd uiiz hir ns. I biv n

iporn nd sois ncd pr

o h gosp is h ood nws h Jsus

cs us o conribu o h kindo.

a o us hv ns, nd o us hv

sohin o or. a o us hv vo-cion. Jssnr is n who hs discov-

rd his.

Visit our website, www.plantwithpurpose.org,

for the most recent update on our work in Haiti

and to donate toward these efforts.

In ry my, ys nd Pn Wih Pur

poss Bord Chir, Chi lundy, d h rs

vr wons rip o s our prors i

Oxc. th n o us, who nicnd our

svs h Oxc Whins, rvd o si

dirn couniis o wih wo

ns roups o pry wih h, ov h

nd winss hir rvovin unds nd on

roup ins. In shor i spn w

wr b o s gods spiri wor s h

won showd us hir rdns, which pro

vid nuriious ood or hir iis nd x

r o s; hir u-cin sovs, whic

us 60% ss wood nd hv iprovd

hir iis hh; hir rvovin und

nd on roups, which ow h wo

o sv hir ony nd cquir ons

und hir occupions; nd uch or

On won nd eisr, who w i

monfor, hd pricury ouchin so

ry o how Pn Wih Purposs prnrshi

hd hpd copy rnsor hir co

uniy: Our nir couniy hs r

bnd ro our rionship wih Pn

Wih Purpos. I cn rbr whn our b

bis woud di bcus o nuriion, n

w woud hv o w wo hours o Oxc

Ciy o nd ood, suppis, nd wor. Pn

Wih Purpos uh us how o do hin

oursvs nd showd us wy o sov ou

probs. Now w row sqush, rdishs

uc, onions, nd ohr vbs in ourdn o d our iis nd s in h

oc r. Our chidrn r hhy n

wr b o snd h o schoo. W hv

xprincd o o bn ro our r

ionship wih Pn Wih Purpos.

Plant With Purposes next Vision Trip to Oaxaca

is scheduled for October 19 24, 2011. If you are

interested in participating in this or any other

Vision Trip, please contact Doug Satre at doug@

plantwithpurpose.org or call (800) 633-5319.

scott sabin

excutiv Dirctor

JessNersCOrNer

By SCOTT SABINExecutive Director

By KATe NAreMarketing Coordinator

OaxaCa WahiNes


5/8


the sOWer issue #93The Soweris pubishd qurry

by Pn Wih Purpos.

edior-In-Chi: k Nr

@pnwihpurpos.or

Please consider including Plant With

Purpose in your wills and bequests.

4903 morn Bvd. S 1215

Sn Dio, Ca 92117

Ph: (800) 633-5319

Fx: (858) 274-3728

ei: [email protected]

www. pnwihpurpos.or

A group of generous supporters has offered to match allgifts dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000. This means that yourgift can go twice as far to help farmers who are in desperateneed of your support.

your gift of $10, doubled to $20, wi pn wo orchrds o iprov h quiy o

soi nd wr, prvn rosion, nd provid iis wih ood nd inco.

your gift of $30, doubled to $60, wi provid wo u-fcin sovs o hpiis nd h nvironn.

your gift of $50, doubled to $100, wi pn wo iy rdns o provid nuri-

ious produc nd sourc o inco o iis in nd.

DOuBleyOur impaCt:Give Now aNd watch

Your Gift Grow

Your donion wi hp couniis i S-

vn Bob, which is ocd on h Hiin

sid o h Hii / Doinicn Rpubic bordr.

I is ipossib o ovrs h dph o h

nvironn d nd povry hr. this

ruy is on o h riy poors cornrs

o Hii, h poors counry in h Wsrn

Hisphr. Howvr, wih Pn Wih Pur-

poss rinin nd suppor, Svn Bob

nd h surroundin vis hv d r-

ndous srids. thy now hv n svins

nd on roups h rury o

crdi vib o roup brs nd o

rn ohr how o iprov hir cou-

niy. On rr sid, In h ps hr ws

nohr ornizion h suppord us hr,

bu no nyor. and hy did no ry show

us how o do hins or oursvs. Pn Wih

Purpos hs bn hr or fv yrs now, nd

is chin pop o b succssu by chin

us how o wor so h r hy r on, w

wi b b o do h wor oursvs.

Ps hp us coninu our wor o pow-

rin h poor o rnsor hir ivs nd

hv h biiy o d hir iis, snd

hir chidrn o schoo, hv rsh drinin

wr, nd xprinc gods ov nd rc.

thn you so uch or you suppor. W r

dpy ru!

You may donate online at plantwithpurpose.

org, or by mailing the enclosed envelop to

our ofce.

By DOug SATre

Director of Outreach and Development


6/8

FORmeRlY kNOWN aS FlOReSta USa6

Co xprinc h i nvr b-

or rsh nw vnu wih ocy rown

our ood, xciin nrinn, iv-

y ucion civiis, cpivin vido, n

xcusiv opporuniy drwin, nd nw s-

ionis o rnsorion ro our pro-

rs! Ps sv h d or Pn Wih

Purposs rs undrisr o h yr nd

hp us sprd h word bou his inspir-

in vnin. this is r wy or your -

iy nd rinds o rn bou Pn Wih Pur-

poss vi wor o powrin h rur

poor. to sponsor b, don n ucion

i, or vounr, ps conc our g

Chir, k Nr, @pnwihpurpos.

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trees please! CampaigN aN

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hp ohr non-pros ris ony hrouh r-

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vry dy producs, ps oo or h Sv

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teND tO yOur summer reaDiNg list

looin or ood sur rd?

Tending to Eden: Environmen-

tal Stewardship for Gods People

by Pn Wih Purpos excuiv

Dircor Sco Sbin is quic,

us-rd. In Tending to Eden,

Sco rfcs on ny o h ssons rnd in

ihn yrs o worin o h h nd nd is

pop round h word. Ps hp us sprd

h word by in your rinds nd iy bouhis wondru rsourc, or by shrin h Cr-

ion Cr Bib Sudy in h bc o h boo

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ws nd nis in h Christianity Today

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7/8


SAWAT DEE! or Greetings

from Panasawan, Thailand!

th vi o Pnswn is rich in vibrn

coors nd cuur, y pud wih xr

povry, nvironn dsrucion, nd h

dspir o dispcd nd disrrdd po-

p. mos o h virs bon o h lhu

hi rib, nd h younr nrion is

orcd o sk work in nihborin ciis jus

o kp hir iis o.

Pn Wih Purpos is workin in Pnswn

o provid h couniy wih rvn nd

susinb opions h ddrss issus o

povry, ck o ciiznship nd rd rihs,

nd h oss o ccss o nd drdion o

orss nd fds.

Jyw lich, br o his couniy, is

ddicd rr wih wi nd chid.

Wih h hp o Pn Wih Purpos, his nir

iy hs sn r rnsorion in hir

ivs. Pn Wih Purpos uh hi susin-

b ricuur chniqus, such s inr-

pnin crops wih rs nd usin ornic

riizrs nd psicids, which h ppid o

his r.

Now his hrivin r producs n iprs-

siv vriy o ood yr roundco nd

, corn nd bns, nos, bnns, nd

pinpp, jus o n w. His nd pro-

ducs nouh o d his iy nd h sshis corn or xr inco. In c, his r is

doin so w h no onr hs o v his

couniy o work s dy borr o sup-

por his iy!

Visit our website, www.plantwithpurpose.org,

to learn how you can sponsor Panasawan for

$30 per month. With our matching grant, this

amount will be doubled to $60 per month to

make an even greater impact in the lives of the

rural poor in Thailand.

Village spOtlight:

Panasawan, thaiLand


8/8

Plant with Purpose

4903 morn Blvd. Suit 1215Sn Digo, Ca 92117

Ph: (800) 633-5319

Fx: (858) 274-3728

eil: [email protected]

www.plntwithpurpos.org

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risky BusiNessread how Communities Lift themseLves out of Povertythrough viLLage savings and Loan grouPs

DOuBle yOur impaCtgive now and watCh your gift grow

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