Pedro Jerónimo Duarte Amador

Type of Grant: Micro-Grant

Use of Grant: To expand his farm so he can grow coffee on all of his land.

Amount requested: $1620.00

Raised so far: $1620.00

Amount still needed: $0

Pedro Jerónimo Duarte Amador was fighting in the Nicaraguan Civil War when he was ordered to patrol a path that he was unfamiliar with. He and several other people were deep in the forest when he fell on a landmine. The others rushed to him when they heard the explosion and carried him to the nearest medical facility where a doctor had to amputate one of Pedro’s legs and the foot from his other leg. Pedro has 2 manzanas of land in Nicaragua where he lives with his wife, who is also disabled, and their only child. He grows coffee on some of his property, but doesn’t have the money to plant coffee on all of it, although the land is fertile and ready to be planted. Pedro is asking for a loan so he can buy seeds, fertilizer and tools to plant coffee on all of his property.

Location: Jinotega, Nicaragua
In country partner: Walking Unidos
Grant ID: 221N
Profile ID: 16

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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.