Give Ye Them To Eat
Project Information
Training villagers in agriculture, health, sustainable home construction and appropriate technologies.
Describe the need affecting community
The people served by GYTTE are resilient, hardworking and eager to learn new skills. Yet they face enormous obstacles: generational poverty, the loss of farmland to powerful corporations, limited educational access, a destabilizing climate and land that is increasingly dry and depleted.
What’s needed is more than temporary aid, like jobs that offer dignity and sustainability, as well as access to health services, clean water, appropriate housing, and appropriate technologies for dry composting toilets. Many families still cook over open fires, risking their health because of a lack of safer alternatives. Good breeding animals are scarce, and many don’t know how to raise livestock in ways that promote both family well-being and environmental health.
In addition to physical needs, there’s a spiritual hunger. People are searching for spiritual inspiration that respects and reflects their rural, cultural context – something that speaks to their lives and helps them find hope amid hardship.
How will this Advance project help to address the need?
The Give Ye Them To Eat (GYTTE) ministry creates hands-on, transformative educational experiences that help people build upon what they already have. By using the local resources that surround them – land, water, animals, skills, and community – participants learn how to improve their lives in practical, lasting ways.
At the heart of our mission is empowerment. We equip individuals to experience, practice and apply what they learn – and then teach others. This ripple effect strengthens entire communities.
Our focus is on sustainable agriculture, basic health, and eco-technologies like fuel-efficient stoves, rainwater harvesting, composting toilets and low-cost construction techniques. Through workshops, demonstrations, and real-world problem-solving, we reinforce the skills that allow people to take ownership of their future.
We believe true transformation happens when people are not just helped, but empowered—spiritually, physically, and economically.
Describe the primary goal of the project
Give Ye Them To Eat (GYTTE) began nearly 5 decades ago as a bold social outreach ministry of the Methodist Church of Mexico, created to tackle the deep-rooted issues of hunger and poverty in rural communities. From the very beginning, GYTTE has focused on empowerment – helping individuals and families develop the tools and confidence to build a better future for themselves.
At its heart, GYTTE exists to strengthen the capacity of marginalized people and communities so they can meet their basic needs, advocate for their rights, and create sustainable, just, and holistic development – guided by the belief that every person is created in the image of God, full of potential and purpose.
Alternative Work-study and Reality Experience (A.W.A.R.E) is a hands-on service and study that raises awareness of the root causes of hunger and poverty while building global solidarity.
Describe the change you would like to see in the community as a result of this Advance project
More individuals and communities will be using their God-given talents and local resources to bring lasting change to their families and neighborhoods. Through GYTTE’s mission, lives are being transformed both spiritually and physically, as people gain the tools to improve their living conditions, strengthen their economies, and embrace the promise of Jesus’ words: “I came that they may have life, and have it in abundance.”
That’s the GYTTE way: sustainable, community-led transformation rooted in faith, dignity and the abundance of life God intends for all.
Contact Information
Clara Palacios
222-248-1802
gyttephm@aol.com
Kim Lewis
+52 222-254-7036 WhatsApp
klewis@umcmission.org