The Ninos Con Bendicion Vegetable Garden Project
In 2019, For The Love of Mateo officially started supporting Ninos Con Bendicion by committing to cover the salaries for three full-time gardeners as well as donating funds every four months to cover the cost of seeds and fertilizers. The salary for a gardener is $272 a month which is currently not covered through monthly sponsors, so FTLOM has been paying for this out of pocket. The goal is to add sponsors to help cover the cost of the three salaries each month.
The idea for the garden started in 2012 when Tino and Lesbi went to a public institution named Charities from Brother Peter to pick up some medicines. While visiting, they saw some people donating vegetables that weren’t fresh, as they came from vendors who donated the leftover veggies which they didn’t sell that day.
Tino & Lesbi, the founders of Ninos Com Bendicion, thought that if they could get some land where they could plant fruits and veggies, then they could donate them to this hospital. They hoped to get to the point where they could help many public hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, families of the children in their after school program, as well as disabled or elderly community members.
In 2014 someone offered to sell them a piece of land and, with God’s help and generous donors, they were able to buy it! God's plan for this project turned out to be much bigger than they dreamed, initially they started planting beans. Prior to For the Love of Mateo’s involvement, they paid for the seeds and fertilizers out of their pocket. Around 2017 they started asking mission teams that would visit for their help and this enabled them to afford seeds and fertilizer to plant a variety of vegetables and to be able to use all the land they had.
🚨We Need You!
Help Us To Keep The Garden Growing.
FTLOM pays each gardener $280 per month, which means we need $560 every month just to cover their salaries.
Right now, we do not have enough monthly sponsorships to fully cover expenses, and we would love to change that. 🫶🏻🙏🏼
You do not have to sponsor an entire gardener. Even $10, $20, $25 or $50 a month helps us move closer to covering these salaries and allows these men to continue doing meaningful work while providing for their own families.
We have been honored to be supporters of this garden since its inception and would love to continue supporting it.
If we are unable to cover this monthly expense, FTLOM won't be in a position to be able to continue to pay these monthly salaries much longer.
If you feel led to become a monthly Garden Project sponsor, you can choose any amount that feels comfortable to you here
We Need You! Help Us To Keep The Garden Growing!
The Garden Project is a community garden in San Antonio, Guatemala.
Two hardworking gardeners care for this land six days a week - planting, tending, and harvesting fresh vegetables - that are donated to families in the after-school program, orphanages, hospitals, homebound individuals, and elderly members of the community.
FTLOM pays each gardener $280 per month, which means we need $560 every month just to cover their salaries.
Right now, we do not have enough monthly sponsorships to fully cover expenses, and we would love to change that. 🫶🏻🙏🏼
You do not have to sponsor an entire gardener. Even $10, $20, $25 or $50 a month helps us move closer to covering these salaries and allows these men to continue doing meaningful work while providing for their own families.
This garden is doing so much more than growing food. It is creating jobs, feeding people, serving vulnerable families, and bringing hope into a community we love so dearly. We have been honored to be supporters of this garden since its inception and would love to continue supporting it.
If we are unable to cover this monthly expense, FTLOM won't be in a position to be able to continue to pay these monthly salaries much longer.
If you feel led to become a monthly Garden Project sponsor, you can choose any amount that feels comfortable to you here