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Help feed 1000 Indigenous People in Honduras
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Summary
This pilot project will provide 100 farmers with quantities of seeds, tools and fertilizer to recover from poor harvests last year. After 1 year they give back the initial quantity for another farmer.
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Received $215 from 8 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Over recent years, many harvests in this region have been devastated through storm damage and many of the farmers have found it hard to cope with the reduced income. This project will kick start their efforts and also aim to strengthen community spirit through the initiation of various cooperatives. Once working successfully the farmers will be given ownership over the program, which can become self perpetuating and financing using a micro financing model, but without money.
Activities
Providing the farmers with seeds will help them feed their families and communities, with wide ranging benefits affected over 1000 people. The project will strengthen community spirit, tying in with other programs run by GVI-CT in the region.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $215
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $19,885
Total Funding Goal: $20,100
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will feed 1000 indigenous people and become sustainable into the future. If this pilot works, then future farmers will be asked to give back the initial ammount and also to provide the local school with some of the produce.
Project Message
By lending out large quantities of seeds, everyone benefits: the families have food, the children in the school have food and it is sustainable from the start, benefitting many people in the future.
- Caroline Rodas, Local teacher
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on October 04, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 05, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
Help us replicate a succesful Guatemalan program in Honduras
By Andy Woods-Ballard - Director of Operations, October 04, 2007 05:06 PM
This scheme is working beautifully in Guatemala with donations from ex-volunteers providing seed for the villagers to replace that which was lost in a terrible harvest last year. With your help we can roll this program out to Honduras and help the farmers there.
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