Mexico is bringing to El Salvador a tree-planting program that aims to support rural residents and ease economic pressures driving thousands of people to leave for the United States.
The program known as "Sowing Life" offers farmers $250 a month to plant fruit or timber trees, and whatever they harvest belongs to them.
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Mexico is bringing to El Salvador a tree-planting program that aims to support rural residents and ease economic pressures driving thousands of people to leave for the United States.
A similar initiative is in place for southern Mexico, and the country has said it intends to extend it to Honduras.
Mexican Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard, left, and the El Salvador President Nayib Bukele plant trees during the launch of the "Sowing Life" program, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Friday, July 19, 2019. El Salvador and Mexico have joined forces in an economic program that is supposed to generate 20 thousand Jobs in El Salvador. The “Sowing Life” program will give farmers $250 as a monthly stipend to help them grow their own crops. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during next to Mexico's Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard, right, during a meeting in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
Mexico's Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard is embraced by his Salvadoran counterpart, Alexandra Hill, before the official launch of the "Sowing Life" program, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Friday, July 19, 2019. El Salvador and México have joined forces in an economic program that is supposed to generate 20 thousand jobs in El Salvador. The program called “Sowing Life”will give farmers $250 as a monthly stipend to help them grow their own crops. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
Mexico donated $31 million to fund the plan in El Salvador, and authorities say it should create 20,000 jobs.
Salvadoran farmer Jorge Guevara smiles during the launch of the "Sowing Life" program, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Friday, July 19, 2019. El Salvador and Mexico have joined forces in an economic program that is supposed to generate 20 thousand jobs in El Salvador. The program called “Sowing Life”will give farmers $250 as a monthly stipend to help them grow their own crops. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
A similar initiative is in place for southern Mexico, and the country has said it intends to extend it to Honduras.
"Sowing Life" comes amid a wave of people fleeing Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to escape poverty and violence.
Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard launched the program Friday alongside El Salvador's new president, Nayib Bukele.
Mexican Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard, center, shakes hands with the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele, while Alexandra Hill, Salvadoran Chancellor, observes them after the official launch of the "Sowing Life" program, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Friday, July 19, 2019. El Salvador and México have joined forces in an economic program that is supposed to generate 20 thousand jobs in El Salvador. The program called “Sowing Life”will give farmers $250 as a monthly stipend to help them grow their own crops. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
Mexican Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard, left, and the El Salvador President Nayib Bukele plant trees during the launch of the "Sowing Life" program, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Friday, July 19, 2019. El Salvador and Mexico have joined forces in an economic program that is supposed to generate 20 thousand Jobs in El Salvador. The “Sowing Life” program will give farmers $250 as a monthly stipend to help them grow their own crops. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during next to Mexico's Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard, right, during a meeting in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)
Mexico's Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard is embraced by his Salvadoran counterpart, Alexandra Hill, before the official launch of the "Sowing Life" program, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Friday, July 19, 2019. El Salvador and México have joined forces in an economic program that is supposed to generate 20 thousand jobs in El Salvador. The program called “Sowing Life”will give farmers $250 as a monthly stipend to help them grow their own crops. (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)