Just announced! The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health
The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health was awarded a $48,303 two-year grant. This grant will fund the project titled: Protección contra pesticidas: Development and Delivery of an Educational Fotonovela and Training Materials for New York’s Spanish-Speaking Agricultural Pesticide Applicators. The program will develop, distribute, and evaluate educational materials to enhance respiratory fit-testing and training of Spanish-speaking pesticide applicators and handlers in New York State. The center, a program of Bassett Healthcare Network, enhances agricultural and rural health by preventing and treating occupational injury and illness.
Just announced! The Center for WorkLife Law
The Center for WorkLife Law has been awarded a $150,000 one-year grant to fund the project: Dar a Luz: Legal Rights for Farmworkers in Pregnancy and Postpartum. This initiative protects farmworkers from pesticide exposure during pregnancy and postpartum by equipping community health workers with the necessary information and tools to support farmworkers in taking paid time off work. Additionally, the project will partially support a dedicated, free helpline for farmworkers, available in Spanish, several variants of Mixteco, and other Indigenous languages as needed. The helpline will provide assistance to at least 50 workers who need support accessing their workplace protections and 100% of the paid leave benefits they have a right to receive. The Center for WorkLife Law is committed to building a future where no one is forced to choose between providing care for their loved ones and keeping the paying job they need to survive. Their programs advance gender and racial justice in the workplace and change the systems impeding farmworkers from accessing legal protections to avoid toxic pesticide exposure during pregnancy and lactation.
Just announced! The Sequoia Foundation
The Sequoia Foundation was awarded a $152,637 two-year grant. This grant will fund the Empowering Hmong Farmers: An Outreach and Education Pesticide Reduction Initiative. During this initiative, the foundation will launch an educational campaign to reduce pesticide use among Hmong farm workers and healers through a culturally tailored pesticide education program. This project will target 45 Hmong community members in California's Central Valley, including 35 farmers and 10 healers. The program aims to close the knowledge gap and ensure sustainability by providing a guide for Asian-supporting community-based organizations (CBOs) to continue pesticide education efforts beyond the project period. The foundation is committed to engaging communities in dialogue and collaborative decision-making that builds community capacity, strengthens social networks, guides policy, protects health, and enhances research.
Alianza de seguridad y salud agrícola
Alianza de seguridad y salud agrícola was awarded a $100,000 two-year grant. This grant will fund the project Building Pesticide Safety Education for Gear Up for Ag! Programs and WPS-compliant respirator fit testing in Mississippi. The project encompasses an enriched curriculum, focusing on safe pesticide handling and PPE usage. With a hands-on approach, the initiative will provide tailored educational sessions, PPE kits, and workshops, emphasizing the importance of respiratory safety. The Ag Health and Safety Alliance is an international non-profit organization focusing on the next generation of agriculture's health and safety. Carolyn Sheridan, Founder and President of Ag Health and Safety Alliance, said “We are deeply honored and thrilled to receive this grant from PERC. This support will not only bolster our mission but will also pave the way for tangible advancements in pesticide safety and education. At the Ag Health and Safety Alliance, we are committed to safeguarding our agricultural workers, and this grant will play a pivotal role in enhancing our outreach and impact, especially among the young farmworkers in Mississippi."
Centro Nacional para la Salud de los Trabajadores Agrícolas
Centro Nacional para la Salud de los Trabajadores Agrícolas was awarded a $100,000 two-year grant for its project on increasing pesticide safety knowledge among farmworkers from Mexico who speak languages other than Spanish. The initiative is particularly tailored for Mesoamerican Indigenous farmworkers in Texas' Rio Grande Valley counties. Given the linguistic and resource challenges these workers face, this project aims to bridge the gap. The National Center for Farmworker Health is a not-for-profit corporation in Buda, Texas, dedicated to improving farmworker families' health. Sylvia Partida, Executive Director of NCFH, stated, “With PERC's backing, we are poised to bridge the linguistic knowledge gap. We plan to curate resources that align with the unique linguistic and cultural needs of Indigenous farmworkers, ensuring that this vital community has the tools to safeguard their health and that of their families.”
Ministerios Médicos Surry
Ministerios Médicos Surry (Surry) was awarded a $96,186, two-year grant titled AVOID Pesticides: Agricultural Virtual Outreach for Inclusion and Development Pesticides; and in Spanish is titled EVITA Pesticidas: Educacion Virtual Inclusiva para los Trabajadores Agrícolas. This project aims to mitigate pesticide exposure health risks for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in western North Carolina. Developed in collaboration with leading institutions, AVOID is powered by an advanced Learning Management System to educate farmworkers across five counties. Surry is a non-profit community-supported primary care health clinic that serves uninsured patients across a range of care levels. Rosa Miranda, the Health Support Services Coordinator at Surry, expressed her enthusiasm, stating, "This grant marks a significant stride in our persistent endeavors to protect our migrant and seasonal farmworker community. With AVOID, we envision a future where every farmworker in North Carolina is equipped with the knowledge to safeguard their health from the hazards of pesticides. It's about empowerment, safety, and a brighter future."
Campesinos Sin Fronteras
Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) was awarded $100,000 for two years for its program titled Programa de Capacitación y Educación sobre Seguridad de Pesticidas para Campesinosmetro. Este programa llegará y educará a los trabajadores agrícolas latinos de habla hispana, a los aplicadores de pesticidas y a sus familias que viven y trabajan en las comunidades rurales y fronterizas del condado de Yuma, Arizona. A través de este programa, CSF aumentará la conciencia sobre los riesgos asociados con vivir o trabajar en campos agrícolas. La directora ejecutiva de CSF, Emma Torres, dijo: "nuestra visión y fortaleza son abogar por estrategias y soluciones a largo plazo que aborden las prioridades identificadas por los miembros de la comunidad de una manera cultural y lingüísticamente competente". Añadió que "al asociarnos con PERC, podemos promover esa visión". La misión de Campesinos Sin Fronteras es promover la autosostenibilidad de los trabajadores agrícolas, personas de ingresos bajos a moderados, brindándoles y facilitando el acceso a la salud, la salud conductual, los servicios sociales, la rehabilitación de viviendas, el asesoramiento, la educación y el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral.
Carolina del Norte libre de tóxicos
Carolina del Norte libre de tóxicos’s project, titled Reducir los riesgos de pesticidas para los trabajadores agrícolas de Carolina del Norte aumentando la conciencia sobre el estándar de protección de los trabajadores, recibió una financiación de $50.000 durante dos años. Alexis Luckey, Director Ejecutivo de Toxic Free NC dijo: “El Estándar de Protección al Trabajador (WPS) de la EPA brinda protecciones críticas para reducir los riesgos de pesticidas para los trabajadores agrícolas y la comunidad agrícola de Carolina del Norte. Si bien la implementación de nuevas revisiones de la WPS comenzó en 2018, muchos en la comunidad agrícola de Carolina del Norte aún desconocen estas nuevas protecciones”. Añadió que “el propósito de este proyecto es aumentar la conciencia sobre el Estándar de Protección al Trabajador y la seguridad de los pesticidas entre los trabajadores agrícolas migrantes y estacionales, la comunidad agrícola y las partes interesadas adyacentes en Carolina del Norte, garantizando así que las protecciones existentes se implementen de manera más amplia en todo el estado. .” La misión de la organización es involucrar a Carolina del Norte en iniciativas que promuevan la salud y la justicia ambiental abogando por alternativas seguras a los pesticidas y productos químicos dañinos. La organización visualiza una Carolina del Norte libre de sustancias tóxicas que sea parte de una comunidad global justa y equitativa donde todos valoren, respeten y disfruten la salud humana y ambiental.
Asociación de trabajadores agrícolas de Florida
The Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) was awarded $100,000 for a one-year project titled Fortalecimiento del “caja de herramientas” de la Norma de Protección al Trabajador (WPS) para el estudiante trabajador agrícola del siglo XXI. El objetivo del proyecto es inspirar y permitir que la comunidad de trabajadores agrícolas reduzca su exposición crónica a los pesticidas agrícolas como un componente de la misión más amplia de FWAF de empoderar a las comunidades de trabajadores agrícolas para que obtengan control sobre los problemas de justicia ambiental, de salud y laborales que afectan sus vidas. "Planeamos educar a los trabajadores agrícolas y/o manipuladores de pesticidas agrícolas sobre el uso seguro de los pesticidas", dijo Jeannie Economos, Coordinadora del Proyecto de Seguridad Ambiental y Seguridad de Pesticidas de la FWAF. "Nos involucraremos con la comunidad, realizaremos grupos focales y produciremos y promoveremos videos dirigidos a contenido clave de WPS".
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