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Equipping Worldchangers

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INTERN DEVELOPMENT

Each year, eight exceptional young people join ECHO’s Internship Program to gain hands-on experience in tropical agriculture and missions. Three of the recent intern graduates are now serving internationally with ECHO, either in Thailand or Senegal. These locations give the interns an opportunity to put into practice what they learned from ECHO, transferring theory and academic learning to “hands on” practical and contextual implementation through collaborating with a community of farmers and partners during trainings and field visits.

“The ECHO internship is a great example of empowerment as it trains us as agriculture professionals while also building us up as Christians.”
— Intern Karuna Taylor

RESOURCING GLOBALLY

Through ECHOcommunity this year, 636 new Active Development Workers joined our online network to access agricultural resources, seeds, conversations, and ask specific questions. Each month, visitors from more than 200 countries utilize ECHO resources and connect with each other.

Through ECHOcommunity Conversations, 1,746 people logged in to respond to a topic or ask advice for their own work. One visitor, Beth from Zimbabwe, responded, “That is incredibly valuable...The issues are way too big not to share information. So thank you for what you’re doing!”

Worldwide Resourcing & Research

ECHO’s Global research programs and online resource website provide support to 18,000 partners globally.


International Agriculture Conference

The 2021 Virtual Conference continued the tradition of featuring leading voices in agricultural development and missions.


Global Visitors & Trainees

Short-term visitors, missionaries-inresidence, interns, and agricultural volunteers benefit from hands-on training.


Educational Tours & Events

More than 9,000 people visited ECHO Florida last year to learn, be inspired, and share with their community. 

RESOURCING AND TRAINING TEAMS CREATED 116 VIDEO TRAINING SESSIONS FOR ONLINE CONFERENCES


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Global Resourcing

Multiplying Impact is at the heart of ECHO’s mission. Inherent to ECHO’s model is the expectation that entrepreneurial farmers and partners resourced and trained by ECHO benefit their families and communities by multiplying the plants, agricultural practices, and appropriate technologies with which they are equipped.
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Multiplying Great Ideas Around the World

This year's report highlights the multiplying impact of great ideas around the world! Thank you for joining with us to equip and empower small-scale farming families to experience true Hope Against Hunger! Click on any feature to read more!
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ECHO’s Global Reach

The benefits of providing relevant training to male and female farmers go far beyond the individual — to healthier children, more education, and greater investment in the community.
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Training Across Borders

While COVID precautions affected all of our teams around the world, it was most felt by our Southeast Asia team. Adapting to these constraints, the passionate team completed research and demonstration projects at the Small Farm Resource Center and then published tailored training resources in multiple languages for network partners to share in their communities.
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Innovating for Generations

In partnership with 24 secondary schools in Tanzania, ECHO has trained thousands of future farmers in sustainable, creative ways to improve their nutrition and family livelihoods.
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Hope for a Harvest

Your generous support has allowed the ECHO West Africa team to continue training in Bible institutes and schools across the region — equipping future pastors and their families to model holistic development and transformation to their communities.
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Equipping Worldchangers

Each year, eight exceptional young people join ECHO’s Internship Program to gain hands-on experience in tropical agriculture and missions.
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Global Resourcing

Multiplying Impact is at the heart of ECHO’s mission. Inherent to ECHO’s model is the expectation that entrepreneurial farmers and partners resourced and trained by ECHO benefit their families and communities by multiplying the plants, agricultural practices, and appropriate technologies with which they are equipped.
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Passing The Baton

"By God’s grace, my successor will inherit a global team that is strategically focused on serving and equipping small-scale farming families with knowledge and skills that can have a transformative and sustainable impact on their lives and communities."
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The Road Ahead

"As a team we are committed to continuing the pursuit of ECHO’s mission with intentionality, passionately providing hope for the small-scale farmers that we serve. We remain rooted in the mission and vision that has led ECHO from the beginning."