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The Origin of AMA in El Salvador

By David Yoder     Amish Mennonite Aid’s (AMA) earliest involvement in El Salvador was limited to working in an agricultural development program under the government Institute of Rural Colonization, an agrarian reform organization. The first workers arrived in the early days…

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The Origin of AMA in Paraguay

by Delbert and Susan Schlabach In the mid 1960’s a movement stirred among the Beachy churches in North America, exploring evangelization by colonization in a foreign country. At a meeting in Ohio, on this popular topic, 24 families indicated interest…

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The Origin of AMA in Belize

Amish Mennonite Aid (AMA) was formed in October of 1955. After the work was established in Berlin, Germany, AMA began to explore other mission opportunities on this side of the ocean.  They made an initial trip to El Salvador and…

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AMA in Belize Today

By Galen Stutzman Belize is a small Caribbean country—approximately the size of Massachusetts—that has a lot of natural beauty ranging from aqua blue water and sandy beaches to mountains and tropical rain forests. This natural beauty makes tourism Belize’s most…

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