APAN Organic Vegetable Garden Project

    We have like a million projects with a million different clients going on right now in Nicaragua! One of our main clients, APAN (Asociacion Pro Ayuda a la Ninez Nicaraguense) located Diriamba, is trying to start a whole center of commerce in their headquarters.  APAN's headquarters consists of some small buildings, a playground, and a basketball court closed off by some walls. Right now they have a preschool, a beauty school, a baking school, and a coffin shop.

    Along with plans to expand their current endeavors, APAN  plans on starting their own vegetable garden. Ronaldo, an APAN leader is behind all the plans. He wants to grow organic vegetables ranging from carrots to beets. The reason? To start a mini farmer's market in the APAN headquarters.  Not only does Ronaldo want to sell vegetables grown by APAN, but he also wants to promote people in his community to grow vegetables in their own homes to bring to APAN to sell. The revenue from the market will fund the construction of a new preschool facility nearby.

    Ronaldo doesn't want to use any chemicals in the garden. Instead, he wants to use compost from recycled food, making this garden SUPER SUSTAINABLE! After conducting a SWOT analysis and developing a business plan for the garden, we needed a logo. With the help of my friend , Aneri Dalal, we made a logo for the garden. On it reads "Producto sano libre de quimicos", translating to a "Healthy product, free of chemicals". Now we're publicizing the garden by posting up flyers around the community. Hopefully we can help APAN reach their goals!

   Here's the logo:

Our team in action

Ronaldo outlining our objectives.

Recycling!

This is the area Ronaldo plans to grow the vegetable garden.

If you want to learn more about APAN, or even get involved, visit http://www.ayudanineznicaragua.org/ and click on "collaborate".