Our People - Barbados - Leif Brandel, hotel owner - Tourism in Barbados has increased thanks to a beach erosion control program.

Our People, Colombia, John Jairo, coffee grower - Coffee growers hope to increase production levels using beans that are more resilient to climate changes.

Our People - Haiti - Marie Berta Alexis, rice producer - This program has benefited 35,000 families and about 80% of the rice farmers in the area.

Our People - Nicaragua - Yanira Sánchez, teacher - The Amor program has helped 8,000 children from 52,000 Nicaraguan families.

Our People - Guatemala - Iliana Martínez, ANACAFE - The training of small farmers in Guatemala is opening doors for exporting specialty coffee to Europe.

Our People - Honduras - Allison Turcios, accountant - More than 9,000 young people have received help finding their first job, through Pro Empleo.

Our people - Guatemala - Eliot Nordeus Dieudonne, power plant operator - For the first time, more than 1,300 rural households have access to electricity in northeastern Haiti.

Our People - Colombia - Jenny Aveldaño, community leader - The availability of information on criminal activity has decreased crime in the communities.

Our people - Brazil - Patricia da Silva, farmer - Agrofuturo has helped thousands of families become organized producers by learning new technologies.