Palar Lopex in his Home Garden, Mercedes del Rancho

Palar Lopez, one of the community leaders at Mercedes Del Rancho, recieved training by CEPAD where he learnt new horticultural skills and widened the variety of crops he grows. He also learnt to build a water pump and well to irrigate his field. The great achievement of CEPAD’s model is that it encourages those who have been trained to pass on their training to others – therefore training one person can mean eventually training the whole community