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Provide Vegetable Gardens for Families in Brazil  
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Project Need: $60,000
Funding
to Date:
$2,569 (%)
As of Feb 09 02:57 2012
Theme: Environment
Country: Brazil [View country profile] info
Sponsor: Ashoka Innovators for the Public (nominal)
Project duration: Ongoing

Project's focus area: gardens
Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The Rainforest was exploited with methods that led to severe soil, water and landscape degradation, causing rural poverty and migration to cities. This project was created with the purpose of donating Irrigated Organic Vegetable Gardens, Tree Nurseries and Greenhouses for poor farmers and Land Reform settlers and people wanting and needing to improve and ameliorate their life standards and quality. We seek to establish them as organic farmers and agroforestry producers and home entrepreneurs.

Activities
An irrigated vegetable garden area is established to produce food and goods for the market. A central water reservoir is also created which makes it possible to grow produce. Trees are planted to provide food, shade and protect soil from the sun.
Expected Outcomes
The donation of the gardens makes it possible to create a "Small Family Oasis" where families or associated workers can live all year round, planting their food, producing goods for the market, with jobs and occupation.
Project Message
A small investment in a model that preserves nature and water and that can be reproduced everywhere, may represent the beginning of economic, social and environmental changes in peoples' perspectives.
- Roberto Lamego, Director of the Project
Project Contact

Roberto Lamego,
Technical director

Rua Paulino de Aquino, 336
Bairro Torres Homem
Valença, Rio de Janeiro 27600-000
Brazil
55212424524864
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