The Landless Workers Movement (MST) has assisted over a million Brazilian farmers in creating self-sufficient lives for themselves on farmland that had been unused for decades and often centuries. The Brazilian constitution guarantees the purchase of unused farmland for landless farm families. The MST assists 75 to 100 farmers at a time in selecting land, improving the soil, and establishing functioning communities. It funds the creation of small business such as its current project to develop an organic seed company. In addition, it maintains a long view and – amazingly – uses some of its very limited resources to try to reestablish defiled rainforests.

In 1998, the Untours Foundation made a $75,000 loan to MST. A year later the foundation accepted $58,000 as payment in full for the loan since that amount was equal to the original loan when the decline in the Brazilian currency was factored in. The MST currently has a loan of $40,000 for its organic seed company.