ORGANIZATION OF THE MAYANGNA WOMEN OF THE TUGKIH RIVER, SAUNI ARUNGKA MAYAKAT TERRITORY
MID-TERM REPORT
SEED AND FOOD PRODUCTION PROJECT FOR MAYANGNA WOMEN IN THE MAYANGNA SAUNI ARUNGKA TERRITORY.
BY MAYAKAT BOARD
EXECUTED BY:
MAYAKAT
BENEFICIARIES:
25 PRODUCERS AND 90 FOOD PACKAGES.
TOTAL AMOUNT
US $2,500
DATE: NOVEMBER 28, 2022
INTRODUCTION
This report is a work done on seeds and food to nine communities in the Mayangna Sauni Arungka territory, located 16 km from the municipality of the Bonanza Caribbean coast region of Nicaragua.
After the passage of hurricanes Eta and Iota in the year 2021 and then the passage of hurricane Julia in 2022, entire communities were in a situation of food insecurity for which the women’s organization Mayangna went to Deed and Truth Ministries to with this need, and the response was positive.
Therefore, with the help of this Christian ministry, some families have benefited with seeds and food for the women of the Sauni Arungka territory through the board of directors Mayakat.
BACKGROUND
The Mayangna Sauni Arungka territory is located in an area affected by climatic phenomena, which is threatened by different situations of floods, landslides, and adult and food insecurity.
Therefore, this project aims to eradicate food insecurity by producing with ancestral practices, i.e. to produce with native seeds to regenerate seeds and self-consumption.
PRODUCERS INVOLVED
- Corn Seeds
- Celia Damacio
- Celestina Sebastian
- Nemia Miguel
- Elsa Orozco
- Rosalina Ignacio
- Elia Miguel
- Nely Alberto
- Juana Melendres
- Aurelia Melendres
- Dalila Paterson
- Gregoria Guzman
- Zenayda Peralta
- Maricela Devis
- Audilia Thomson
- Loriana Lopez
- Marlene William
- Raquel Dixon
- Dacia Kenia Ignacio
- Olivia Davila
- Flora Benitez
- Georgina Juwith
- Mildred Devis
- Betseda Edwing
- Elida Juwith
BENEFICIARIES OF FOOD PACKAGES
- Birginia Taylor
- Senayda Delmont
- Selestina Dixon
- Elsa Dixon
- Clemencia Blanco
- Isabel Taylor
- Arolina Edwing
- Maliana Juwith
- Astoria Thomson
- Audilia Dixon
- Pastora Alberto
- Loriana Lopez
- Gloria Juwith
- Patricia Benitez
- Erlinda Ignacio
- Ilda Zamora
- Amilda Edwing
- Norma Taylor
- Delfina Willam
- Arolita Devis
- Rosa Bendlis
- Mariana Zamora
- Georgina Juwith
- Isabel Solomon
- Liria Bruno
- Ermesinda Alberto
- Lucia Simion
- Karla Miguel
- Nemia Miguel
- Adela Taylor
- Zenayda Peralta
- Sara Benitez
- Noelia Juwith
- Bialina Francisco
- Maria Montiel
- Romilda Francis
- Magdalena Allen
- Raquel Devis
- Petrona Benitez
- Petronila Juwith
- Marta Hernandez
- Martina Juwith
- Rafaela Edwing
- Betseda Edwing
- Tranquilina Gutierrez
- Esmeralda William
- Estebana Lopez
- Elida Juwith
- Mariluz Peralta
- Lilian Panting
- Corina Devis
- Janeth Alberto
- Rosalina Dixon
- Marizol Juwith
- Telma Benitez William
- Bordinia Damacio
- Celestina Sebastian
- Rosalina Miguel
- Delcia Barcio
- Treminia Barcio
- Karen Melendres
- Fidelina Bendlis
- Janeth Juwiht
- Samaria Devis
- Romilita Blandon
- Etelvina Dixon
- Eulalia Damacio
- Carolina Smith
- Alejandro Taylor
- Paulina Juwith
- Claudina Edwing
- Lucrecia Francisco
- Agustin Solano
- Jeremias Miguel
- Manistero David
- Tomas Indalecio
- Nerlon Devis
- Magdalena Allen
- Uriel Devis
- Arin Blandon
- Marlon Devis
- Jasuara Devis
- Rosica Allen
- Miriam Damacio
- Dania Devis Benjamin
- Elita Benjamin
- Erasmo Taylor
- Hortencia Gonzalez
- Elida Willams Edwing
- Norma Gonzales Tayalor
The total population in the 2005 census is 4750, of which 58 percent of the population is female. Therefore, the selection in this micro project was especially selected for women and some elderly sick men without any protection.
JUSTIFICATION.
The most vulnerable of the Mayangna population are pregnant and lactating women, elderly women, children, orphans, and sick people. Cancer and other diseases are caused by cyanide in the river Tungkih, the main source of water of the Mayangna population of the Sauni Arungka territory.
There are many needs in the population, and Deed and Truth Ministries has collaborated with us to bring an answer to the Mayangna people and prioritizing the production of food for family consumption.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:
Contribute in the production of food after the hurricane to nine communities of 2022.
ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT:
- Making a work plan for the execution of the project with the board of directors and Mayakat communal commissions.
- Selection of producers of corn and bean seeds.
- Food packaging by the board of directors of Mayakat.
Results.
- Deliver 90 food packages to the families of the Sauni Arungka territory.
- Benefit 25 producers with maize seed
METHODOLOGY OF EXECUTION:
The organization Mayakat was planned with its administrator for execution of this project and for selection of producers.
Then, we visited house to house to confirm the preparation of plots for planting seed for the project to be effective.
CONCLUSIONS.
With this project, we reached the Mayangna population, benefiting 25 people involved in this production period.