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Given the lack of a seed bank in the Filipino communities of Nanzal and Manglarito, an initiative was undertaken to create and establish one there to preserve and conserve plants, fruits, trees, ornamental plants, etc. A connection was established with the principals of the primary schools, as a prior assessment determined that students and their mothers converge at the schools most days of the week. The mothers take turns cooking, since the Ministry of Education has an "Educating Without Hunger" program where mothers raise laying hens for egg production and cultivate vegetables to provide food for the children's breakfast and lunch during the week, from Monday to Friday.
The fathers are the primary breadwinners, working during the week in various local activities such as day laborers, livestock farming, preparing, cleaning, and harvesting crops, construction, and building houses, among others.
Therefore, the core of cultural, dance, scientific, and sporting activities, as well as meetings with local, regional, and national authorities and visitors from the communities, converge in educational centers or primary schools. These spaces provide opportunities for conversation and activities with students, mothers, and residents in general.
Training sessions, activities, video screenings, and the distribution of materials and supplies were carried out in the primary schools of the communities of Filipinas, El Nanzal, and Manglarito. Thirty-three children and eighteen mothers participated, receiving instruction on how to collect and preserve seeds, as well as how to plant them and monitor their germination and growth. As a result of the project, the children and their mothers have preserved seeds of around 20 different items, including native oranges, lemons, soursops, tomatoes, cilantro, avocado, beans, mangoes, lettuce, bell peppers, cashew nuts, cherries, mandarin oranges, red grapefruit, white grapefruit, Japanese oranges, chabelitas, jagua, nance, guava, etc.