Ramón Peralta Aguierre

Type of Grant: Micro-Grant

Use of Grant: Prepare land for coffee farming, buy supplies and seeds

Amount requested: $1000.00

Raised so far: $1000.00

Amount still needed: $0

Ramón Peralta Aguierre lost both of his legs when he stepped on a landmine in Nueva Segovia, in Northern Nicaragua. He was 25 years old. Ramón still lives in Nueva Segovia and would like a grant to buy a small piece of land and supplies to plant coffee.

Location: Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua
In country partner: Walking Unidos
Grant ID: 213N
Profile ID: 2

A Micro-Grant was awarded to Ramón,
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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.