Wow, it has been a hard couple of months. For everyone. For our staff, as we simultaneously adjusted to new routines at home, new ways of working, and new social rules. For farmworkers, more than anyone else, as they struggled to find services and supplies amid all the changes, and worried about having insufficient protections […]
Our Work in the Time of COVID-19
Have you been feeling strange and disconnected and lonely these last few weeks? We have, too. I’ve also been thinking about how many farmworkers often feel that way in a normal year. Many times, they only leave their houses to go to work, or to go to the store once a week. They’re separated from […]
NC Farmworkers Project Celebrates 25 YEARS!
Celebrating 25 years In June of 1994 the NC Farmworkers’ Project officially incorporated as a nonprofit. This summer, we’re celebrating 25 years of working for better conditions for farmworkers! Organizing and meetings for the Project began before 1994, but in that year the organization officially incorporated. This year marks 25 years of outreach, community meetings, […]
The 2019 Season Begins!
This is a guest post by Mackenzie Mann, a former outreach worker with the NC Farmworkers’ Project who also founded our ACA program and directed the program for two years. In 2017, she left to pursue her MSW. I always reflect fondly upon my time at the NC Farmworkers Project. When I first started working […]
Increasing Farmworker Health Insurance Coverage
The NC Farmworkers’ Project is pleased to announce that we have received a grant to increase health insurance coverage to farmworkers in five counties in Eastern NC from 2019-2020 from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The project is a continuation of our work assisting farmworkers to enroll in insurance plans […]
Congratulations to Janeth Tapia!
Janeth Tapia Recognized as HIPGiver for Work in Health Janeth Tapia, our intrepid outreach coordinator and the heart of the NC Farmworkers’ Project, was recognized with a much-deserved award earlier this month. Janeth was named a HIPGiver by Hispanics in Philanthropy for her work improving the health of farmworkers in North Carolina. As HIP states, […]
Looking back and looking forward
Earlier this month, we went on a staff retreat to allow ourselves some time to relax, look back on last season, and make some plans for the year ahead. As we prepare for the 2018 season and look ahead to what’s next, we’re also really proud of what we accomplished in 2017. We want to […]
Beauty in the mayhem: night clinics for farmworkers
Blog post by Linda Chamiec-Case, Seasonal Outreach Worker Preparation Every Thursday during the growing season (June-October) the NC Farmworkers’ Project gears up for our weekly farmworker clinic at Benson Area Medical Center (BAMC). Outreach workers at the Project partner with the health center to provide high-quality, accessible medical services to farmworkers in the area. Throughout […]
Slow Going / “Despacito”
A guest post by summer intern Liz Sielatycki Ask Certified Application Counselors (CACs) Neissly Tapia and Ana Beltran what song comes to mind when they are enrolling H-2A migrant farmworkers in health care plans under the Affordable Care Act, and they may break out in song to “Despacito.” Aside from typical job duties like […]
“Liderazgo”
Guest post by summer intern Liz Sielatycki Driving around the Eastern NC countryside with the Farmworkers’ Project Community Educator Leonardo Galván is like traveling with everyone’s favorite cousin. Each farmworker camp we show up to is uniquely familiar to Galván, and he can navigate directions to each while speaking miles per minute and never missing […]