Félix Gonzáles Moreno

Type of Grant: Micro-Grant

Use of Grant: To open a ganaria so he can better support his six children.

Amount requested: $1480.00

Raised so far: $1480.00

Amount still needed: $0

Félix Gonzáles Moreno lives in Pantasma, an important coffee community in Nicaragua. When he was 25 years old he, his brother and his father were rodando el alambre when Féliz entered an unmarked mined field. His father had to carry him to the hospital where they amputated his leg. Félix also lost his vision from the explosion. Now Félix is a Pastor in this small community of coffee farms. He would like to open a ganaria so he can better support his 4 sons and 2 adorable twin daughters.

Location: Pantasma, Nicaragua
In country partner: Walking Unidos
Grant ID: 216N
Profile ID: 11

A Micro-Grant was awarded to Félix,
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People Affected

We've created this website to be a place where people who work in the coffee industry and coffee consumers can make a connection with the coffee farmers, workers and their families who deal with landmines on a daily basis.

Look through the profiles here and direct your money to be part of a Micro-Grant to someone trying to work, create a business or improve an existing one, or send someone in their family to school. Micro-Grants do not have to be repaid. They are one way the Trust can provide resources for people to help themselves.

Micro-Grants are handled via PayPal through the Polus Center for Social and Economic Development.

The Coffeelands Landmine Victims’ Trust works in partnership with the Polus Center, a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to supporting people with disabilities since 1979.