Int'l Teacher Training on Agriculture - Mexico
SummaryThe 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 communications with peers.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Educators in Ghana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic participate in TGC. They introduce TGC to communities, teach their students about agriculture, and advise them on how to bring extra produce to the market. Students learn skills and provide food and money for families - breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty. By bringing international teachers together, they will learn from each other and discuss how to make TGC more beneficial to their schools and their communities.
Activities
In Guadalajara educators will be trained on innovative horticulture techniques (composting, water harvesting, crop rotation), established business models, and learn how to document progress, transforming their school gardens into business ventures.
Funding Information
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
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
Educators are the cornerstone of this participant-led, ground-up program. By bringing educators together, they learn about what is being done in other communities, and bring back the best ideas for the benefit of their schools and communities.
Project Message
School gardens positively affect nutrition and health in students, and they also are the perfect tool to demonstrate sound scientific, economic, and business principles that change a student's future.
- Robert Patterson, Senior Liaison Officer, FAO/UN
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
Organization
United States Committee for FAO
P.O. Box 33145
Washington,
DC
20033-3145
United States
1-800-252-0455
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Mexico
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 23, 2008
