“I always like to help with my dad in the field to learn new things with him. Before, he only planted beans, but now he plants other things. My dad is planting various vegetables such as radishes, taro, lettuce and more. For my parents I feel a lot of appreciation because they always help me in everything. My father is very happy with the Raíces project. They support us. My dad wants a good future for our family”, says Elías Esaú García Martínez, 13 with his father Nery García Martínez, 46, observe an associated plot of corn and beans with stubble used as soil cover to conserve the moisture in the soil during the dry season, the stubble also becomes organic matter as it deteriorates in the family’s drip irrigation enabled plantation at El Ciprés, Opatoro, Honduras. “My family was going through very serious difficulties. First, the drought affected this part of the country, then a lot of climate phenomena affected our country as well. It is then when the RAÍCES project comes and exposes the program. I liked the idea because with The project we believed we could get out of underdevelopment. Before I entered the RAÍCES project with CRS, the only thing they planted was corn and beans and nothing more. But now I’m diversifying my plantation with new crops. For example. We are now planting Taro, it is a project that is not only going to generate income for families but CRS through the technicians are helping us to get a secure market niche so that the families can sell this product. Here in the plot in my plot I manage a diversification when I say diversification I talk about bananas, cassava, vegetables, fruit trees too and citrus”, says Nery. The García family participate in RAICES DRR project that is funded by USAID through the BHA (Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance) of the United States government, is implemented by Catholic Relief Services Honduras in the RAICES-DRR Project and its local partners ASOMAINCUPACO, COCEPRADII and COCEPRADIL. The project has delivered humanitarian aid in the most critical moments to Honduran families. 4,490 households were benefited in 14 municipalities in the departments of La Paz, Intibucá and Lempira. The aid arrived at the right time, averting a humanitarian crisis in many Honduran homes.