Sustainable Harvest International

Planting Hope, Restoring Forests, Nourishing Communities

UPDATE 2010

Panama Adelante!

2009 - First Irrigation System

2010 - New Water Pump

New Stove Replaces the Old 3-Rock Method

Recently Built Stove =

No More Black Walls!

Harvest Time!

Panama’s First C.S.A.

Nicaragua

Fertilizer Beans

Composting Chicken Coops

First Fruits of Their Labor

Tree Seedlings

Reforesting a Riverbank

Preserving the Forests, Water and Air

Street Kids at Demo Farm in Bluefields, Nicaragua

SHI Field Staff

SHI-ers from 6 Countries

Smaller World Tours

Special Luxury for our Board of Directors*

*BYOM - Bring Your Own Mattress

✓ 2,100 families in 155 communities in four countries receiving technical assistance (including 500+ graduates)

✓ 13,000 acres of degraded land converted to sustainable uses

✓ 60,000 acres of tropical forest saved from slash-and-burn

✓ 2.7 million trees planted

✓ 900 wood-conserving stoves (saving 9,000 trees per year)

✓ 23 community loan funds started with $10,000 seed capital, now manage $40,000 capital

SHI’s Accomplishments

Growing slowly but surely since 1997

A Lot of Bang for Your Buck

‣ $18,000 supports the work of one field trainer for an entire year.

‣ $6,000 sponsors an entire village program for a whole year.

‣ $500 provides a family with technical support and materials for one year.

‣ $100 sponsors a village school program in a rural community working with SHI.

‣ $50 buys the materials for a wood-conserving stove that will save 100 trees.

Supporting SHI

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Sustainable Harvest International

Online at: sustainableharvest.org

Planting Hope, Restoring Forests, Nourishing Communities

FY2009 Income & Expense