Santos Plutarco

Type of Grant: Micro-Grant

Use of Grant: Repair and improve his milling house

Amount requested: $1059.00

Raised so far: $1059.00

Amount still needed: $0

Santos Plutarco was harvesting coffee in El Paraiso, Honduras when he stepped on a landmine. During the harvest season lots of people help pick coffee to earn extra income. Unfortunately El Paraiso was heavily mined during the Nicaraguan conflict. After the accident, doctors had to amputate Santos’ left leg. Now Santos supports himself and his family by running a small mill business. Although he makes an okay living his mill is old and in need of repairs that he can’t afford, and his son had to drop out of school in order to help supplement his father’s income. He would like a loan to improve his mill and business so that his son can return to school.

Location: El Paraiso, Honduras
In country partner: Vida Nueva (Choluteca, Honduras)
Grant ID: 113H
Profile ID: 5

A Micro-Grant was awarded to Santos,
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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.