The Film Asking If Teaching Children to Farm Can Stop Gang Crime

Honduras has the world’s highest murder rate. In 2014, it was found to be the most violent country not at war. an Pedro Sula has the second-highest murder rate of all the world’s cities. In 2015, the Honduran President Juan Orlándo Hernandez claimed – although there are doubts over how it was calculated – that as much as 80% of Hondura’s crime was gang-related.

One Honduran group is trying to change these statistics – by teaching children how to think and how to farm. They call this La Finca Humana, the human farm. Children are taught their alphabet alongside lessons on planting organic seedlings and raking coffee cherries. And, most importantly, they are consistently reminded of “analysis, observation, innovation, and invention”.

Because La Finca Humana believe that thinking, rather than just memorising, will help children to choose security over violence, farming over crime.

SEE ALSO: Sustainable Farming: How Can Specialty Coffee Empower People With Disabilities?

Want to find out more? A documentary on the La Finca Humana movement, filmed by Brian Olsen, premieres next month. It also features the coffee cooperative Café Orgánico Marcala (COMSA).

Watch the short trailer here:

Film Screenings

Here are September the screening dates and locations as they stand currently. Please note that some of them have not been confirmed yet.

Sat	10.09	All day	Berlin	La Finca Humana | BunnyMission	Sonne über Berlin Festival	Workshop, film, tasting, discussion
Sat	10.09	9pm	Bora | Sweden	La Finca Humana | BunnyMission	Picnic, kick off UN-Week	ONLINE discussion via Skype
Mon	12.09	8:15pm	Berlin	La Finca Humana | Flying Roasters	Lichtblick cinema	Film, discussion, tasting
	13-18.09	TBC	Berlin	Berlin Art Week	TBC	TBC
Tue	13.09	Afternoon	Berlin	La Finca Humana | BunnyMission | Flying Roasters	Prinzessinnengärten	Film, discussion, tasting, workshop
Wed	14.09	7pm	Berlin	La Finca Humana	ACUDKino | Kino Global | DCP-Format	Film, discussion
Thurs	15.09	TBC	Berlin? HH?	TBC	TBC	TBC
Fri	16.09	TBC	HH, Sweden, Luxemburg?	TBC	TBC	TBC
Fri	16.09	TBC	Berlin? HH?	TBC	TBC	TBC
	16-30.09	TBC	TBC	Faire Woche (FairTrade)	TBC	TBC
Sat	17.09	5pm	Hamburg	La Finca Humana | Quijote Kaffee	3001 Kino	Film, discussion, tasting
Tue	20.09	7pm	Saarb	La Finca Humana	Lateinamerikazirkel/ Attac Saar	Film, discussion
Wed	21.09	12-12:45	Saarb	TBC	Department of the Environment	Focus on cooperative, discussion
Wed	21.09	TBC	Saarb	La Finca Humana	Filmhaus Saarbrücken	Film, discussion
Thurs	22.09	8-10:00	Dillingen	La Finca Humana	Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium	Film, discussion
Thurs	22.09	13:30-15	Illingen	La Finca Humana	Illtal-Gymnasium (school)	Film, discussion
Fri	23.09	8:00-10	St. Ingbert	La Finca Humana	Leibniz Gymnasium (at the Civic Center)	Film, discussion
Fri	23.09	11:00-13	St. Ingbert	La Finca Humana	BBZ (educational centre)	Film, discussion

Can’t make it to any of these screenings? View the extended trailer below:

Feature photo credit: La Finca Humana, Brian Olsen

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