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Why Your Donation Matters

Florida’s farmworkers grow and harvest the food on your table. They work long hours in extreme heat, often without basic protections, and many face wage theft, pesticide exposure, and little access to healthcare or legal help. Most have no safety net when disaster strikes.

Your donation directly funds the work that fills those gaps:

Health and Safety — Your support pays for training that teaches farmworkers how to protect themselves from pesticide exposure and dangerous heat. It also helps FWAF host free healthcare events where community members can receive both primary and specialized care at no cost.

Food and Emergency Relief — When workers lose income due to hurricanes, freezes, or other crises, FWAF steps in. Donations fund food pantries, utility bill assistance, and emergency relief so families do not fall apart during hard times.

Know Your Rights — Many farmworkers do not know they have legal protections. Your donation funds trainings that teach workers their rights, help recover stolen wages, and give them the confidence to speak up.

Civic Power — FWAF organizes farmworker voices around the laws and policies that affect their daily lives. Donations keep that advocacy going at the local, state, and national level.

FWAF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your donation is tax deductible. Every dollar goes toward building lasting change for the people who feed us all.

Your Gift Can Do So Much

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Volunteers enhance the work of the Farmworker Association of Florida and often find their own lives greatly enhanced by the experience.

From learning about the conditions, reality, and history of racism and inequality facing Florida’s farmworkers and farmworkers nationally to meeting, working alongside, and sharing stories with our community members, there are an endless number of ways to get involved.

Students have told us that their experience of volunteering with FWAF opened up their eyes to a world they had never even thought about before.

There is no better time than NOW to get involved!


Volunteer projects and opportunities include:

  • Service opportunities such as working next to farmworkers at a local nursery, taking the Lake Apopka Toxic Tour, helping out in the community garden, or spending a half-day cleaning fruits and vegetables.
  • If you have an office or community group and are looking to volunteer while learning, give us a call and let us create just the right experience for your group.
  • Assisting in the office with issues such as wage theft and housing discrimination cases
  • Assisting in the office with Food Stamp and Medicaid applications
  • Helping to organize and work at the annual Woman to Woman conference in Apopka or helping plan for rallies and demonstrations, including making signs and posters. There are countless ways to get involved.
  • We also work closely with Americorps who has regularly placed young people with FWAF for over 12 years. Our Americorps volunteers gain valuable real world experience and contribute greatly to the success of many of our programs.


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Science serving social and environmental justice!

The Farmworker Association of Florida had been involved in community-based participatory research (CBPR) for many years. Early on its organizing work, FWAF understood that academic research was valuable to promote science base policies, educate our members, and reach students willing to learn about farmworkers and advocate for them.

High school, undergrad, and grad students have gotten involved beyond school and academic projects serving as assistant researchers and many of them had completed credits for their graduation, wrote her Master’s Thesis and Doctoral Dissertations. 

 


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The issues that face farmworkers and low income wage earners are often greatly affected by our local, regional and national politics.

As an advocate for these communities FWAF studies proposed legislation changes and shares that information with the communities it may most impact. Learn about current petitions and or awareness activities that are at the forefront.

Utilize our templates to send letters to our representatives at the state and national level to protect the rights of those who are often marginalized.