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Connect young people fighting hunger

Summary

The Growing Connection trains youth and their communities to grow produce with water-saving, high-yield techniques and connects them to the Internet for info, advice, and communication with peers.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

TGC is a community led effort engaging young people in innovative horticulture – breaking the cycles of hunger and poverty. TGC participants are connected with Internet so they can have access to information that is immediately needed in rural places (weather, pests, prices). A website community would allow young people to learn how to use the Internet, to connect with valuable expert resources, and to exchange ideas, stories, and advice with their peers internationally.

Activities

The website will feature interactive lessons on how to search the Internet to find information, a collection of participant submitted locally relevant resources, a database of concrete production data, and common space to share ideas and find advice

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $530
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $84,470
Total Funding Goal: $85,000

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

Updating the website will enhance communications, giving participants access to info and other TGC sites. Increased access to education through the internet and agriculture will provide economic opportunity, breaking the cycles of hunger and poverty.

Project Message

After planting, we went to the computer lab to talk to our friends in Ghana. Their uniforms were different, but other than that they look like us. I am excited to talk them again.
- Marlenie Ortega, Student, Seaton Elementary School, Washington, DC

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Amy McMillen
Progam Coordinator
2175 K Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20037
United States
202-653-2458
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

United States Committee for FAO
P.O. Box 33145
Washington, DC 20033-3145
United States
1-800-252-0455

Learn more about United States Committee for FAO and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Education.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on June 3, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 22, 2008

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