El Triunfo

On Friday we visited a community called El Triunfo. This community is newer than Las Lomas. It started forming about 6 years ago when the government gave land to farmers. They call the are a settlement. Below is  a photo of Dionisia, the owner of the first farm we visited.

Dionisia showed us her field. The primary production of the community is plantains and papayas. 

Dionisia also grows a wide of other crops, such as corn.  

Five women from the community started a women's committee. We visited Karen, who was actually the president and one of the founders of the committee. She explained that it was an idea that came up when five women were sitting around a table having some coffee. They were realizing that women in general felt like they weren't a significant part of the production and labor in the farms. They wanted to empower women to take a more important role in the farms and help them realize that they can and should also work on the farm. The committee brought outside help for women to build greenhouses in their farms. This project helped women learn about growing crops in greenhouses. 

When we were leaving Karen's house, Nina noticed a tree with coconuts that were at a reachable height. She asked the owner of the house if we could take one. He came and got coconuts for all of us. He also opened them so that we could drink the water and try the coconut meat. It was the best gift I could've ever gotten from anyone.