Increasing Food Supply for Quechua Communities

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Increasing Food Supply for Quechua Communities

Summary

Through technical training, leadership development and community organizing, this program helps 2,600 people in 25 Quechua villages become food self sufficient and conserve natural resources.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $60 was raised for this project.

Received $60 from 2 donations from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Irregular rainfall, erosion of steeply sloping land, and poor animal health reduces ability of indigenous Quecha speaking people living in remote mountainous area of Potosi, the poorest region of Bolivia, to feed themselves. Other problems include deforestation, overgrazing, lack of roads, water supply, markets, schools and other basic infrastructure. Seventy percent of the people are illiterate.

Activities

Training in leadership, planning, and agricultural management.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $60

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $60. The original project funding goal was $20,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Improve food security and nutrition, peasant families will apply undertake soil and water conservation, agroforestry, organic manure, animal health, vegetable growing and testing new seed varieties.

Project Message

These farmers have made tremendous achievements, living in some of the most extreme conditions of poverty in Latin America. Food security has increased. A broad base of leadership has been created.
- Steve Sherwood, Andean Area Advisor for World Neighbors

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Steve Sherwood,
Andean Area Advisor for World Neighbors
Educardo Salazar Gomez E14-19
y Juan de Dios Martinez
Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador
011-593-2-224-3977
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