The small village of La Danta is a group of houses inhabited by some 20 families that sustain themselves by growing small plots of corn and beans. La Danta is located along a steep mountain road about 15 kilometers from the town of Azacualpa. SHI has provided families in the area with support to improve both agricultural production and family nutrition. At the end of 2002, a group of women from the area asked SHI’s local extension worker, Salomon Zelaya Paz, for his help. They wanted training to make local materials into bread. The woman explained to Salomon that, due to the bad road conditions, people selling bread rarely travel to their communities. SHI agreed to help them and got in contact with the National Institute for Professional Formation (NIPF). The NIPF provided the instruction, and SHI, together with the 10 women, provided the materials for the training sessions which lasted five days. The woman learned how to make basic breads using manual equipment (there is no electricity in the community).

After the training, the women decided to form their own cooperative and started a small bakery. After some ups and downs, the group has grown strong. SHI has helped them to buy such equipment as trays and molds and assisted them to enlarge their oven and build a roof over it. The group buys its own supplies, but only in small quantities, because the production is small-scale and the profits are low. With additional funding, they will buy more raw materials and more molds to make larger batches of bread. One woman says, "This way we can improve our profits which will improve our lives. We are faced with many challenges, but we keep making bread; at least one batch every 15 days."