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Funding
to Date:
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$2,569 (%)
As of Feb 13 02:57 2012
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Theme:
Environment
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Sponsor: Ashoka Innovators for the Public (nominal)
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Project duration: Ongoing
Project's area of focus: gardens
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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Roberto Lamego,
Technical director
Rua Paulino de Aquino, 336
Bairro Torres Homem
Valença, Rio de Janeiro 27600-000
Brazil
55212424524864
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Rua Paulino de Aquino, 336. Bairro Torres Homem
ValencaRio de Janeiro27600-000
Brazil
55212424524864. 55212498418316
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SALVEASERRA mission is to spread awareness and knowledge of environmental conservation and sustainable development, with agroforestry farming and rural rehabilitation to maintaining farmers and their families in their lands. This can be achieved with the transformation of the actual system of land occupation for another one, holistic, self-sustainable, organic, biological, removable and permanent, balanced with the environment and the economic use of natural resources. As mission we have also to spread the concepts of citizenship and better education in order to achieve superior earnings and quality of life.
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""A Day in the Forest" is an ecological trekking program, a Trail in the Rainforest; we utilize to show second grade students and other citizens the importance of the protection of Nature and its forests and mountain water sources. We created and maintain an Atlantic Rainforest Wildlife Sanctuary with 220 hectares in a seriously endangered forest area, that has very rich biodiversity of fauna and flora, (more than 200 described birds), where in certain areas we cultivate different Agroforestry systems plantations to demonstrate to farmers and forest owners that it is possible to protect the forests and live together with them and at the same time, with this familiarity and intimacy, ensure that better and more lasting economic results can be obtained from these sustainable agricultural methods.
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Provide Vegetable Gardens for Families in Brazil
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Trees and Education Protect Rainforest in Brazil
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Roberto Lamego,
Director
Founded in 1993
Employees: 0
Volunteers: 5
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Other funding sources: Personal funding by Roberto Lamego. SALVEASERRA has plans to have other funds through Environmental Education Visiting Programs and tourists, students, Bird Watchers in our Wildlife Sanctuary and other projects with other partners..
Religious Affiliation: none
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Katya, president of SALVEASERRA has a major role in all activities we develop, from the organization of school visits to Serra da Concordia Wildlife to the general secretary of the institution. She is always in contact with the local rural communities in the area we work. Katya is a passionate for the Environment and life outdoors and is always ready to help.
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