Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance!

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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 1 donation
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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 2 donations
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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Support their hard work!
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
Merry Christmas / Happy New Year! I wanted to write a brief summary of gardening progress and to highlight quickly our immediate needs. Of the 44 participants in the community gardening program, most are working toward a treadle pump (see photo). These leg-powered irrigation pumps are used to water gardens from surface...
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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 8 donations
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Potential Future Directions
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
Hi again, As the original two-year project timeframe comes to an end, I've been looking into possible directions for the future. To summarize to these possibilities: 1) Launch a water and irrigation start-up that builds upon the 'outgrower' agriculture model to provide village water services in combination with irrigation...
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Top Ten Lessons Learned So Far
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
Dear Friends, The past few months' focus on finishing my PhD thesis (due in a few months) has meant a period of reflection on the past few years in Zambia. I'll try to summarize some of these lessons, and provide an idea of where things are going next year: Top Ten Lessons Learned from the Project (So Fa)r: 10) Preparation...
- 9 months ago
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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 1 donation
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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 35 donations
- 1 year ago
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Taking steps to move forward next year
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
The most exciting news over the past few months has been the decision in Sari and my own hearts to begin thinking and preparing to move back to Zambia next year to expand the project. Last month, I was in the CT area presenting my research at Yale. During that time, I met with people who have been involved in supporting the...
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Preparing for a visit to Zambia
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
Hello again, I am leaving this evening from Israel to Zambia for 3 weeks to check up on how the local leadership is doing, and to help them to make the necessary changes in order to ensure success in our goals. Together with these project leaders, we will be hosting a group of 10 graduate students from the Albert Katz...
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A Fruitful Chilimo
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
This "Chilimo" or Zambian Dry Season in Simango, was different than others. In several community locations, the normally dry, parched ground was unseasonably green thanks to the community's efforts in tending the drip-irrigated gardens that were established this year to generate revenue for various community and...
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Iron sharpens iron
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
Shalom! I am writing this from Jerusalem as Sari and Nuria and I have just arrived yesterday from Zambia to Israel. We are looking forward to re-gathering strength after a long 8 months in the field. Since the last update, many new challenges as well as exciting developments have taken place. For one, many of the pepper...
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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Many steps forward, a few steps back
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
Hello again! We have made many exciting steps in realizing the dream of empowering local communities to finance their own water improvements through irrigation. Currently, three community gardens are now under way to help residents finance various water improvements. This is best summarized by downloading a PowerPoint...
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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 84 donations
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Testing the Waters
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
Ma puna buti! Thanks for your support. We have been in Zambia since January 20, over 2 months, and have been busy getting things in order in Simango. The major accomplishments so far: 1) We have received over 40 Family Drip Irrigation Systems from Netafim, Israel's leading irrigation company. These will be used in 3...
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Preparing for Zambia
By - Adam Abramson - Project Leader
Thanks to all of you, we have reached our immediate goal and have earned a permanent spot on the Global Giving website! In exactly one month from today, on January 20th, Adam, Sari and Nuria will meet Tom, Moriah and Amalia in Livingstone, Zambia to begin the water services improvement program and fieldwork for Adam's PhD...
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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has been approved to be on GlobalGiving!
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Organization

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU)

New York, United States
http://www.aabgu.org

Project Leader

Adam Abramson

Midreshet Ben Gurion, Ramat haNegev Israel

Where is this project located?

Zambia Microfinance

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Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 1 donation

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has made updates to their project page.

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 2 donations

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 5 donations

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has made updates to their project page.

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 8 donations

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 1 donation

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 35 donations

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has made updates to their project page.

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has made updates to their project page.

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has made updates to their project page.

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has made updates to their project page.

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has received 84 donations

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! posted a progress report

Clean water, thriving gardens: Zambian Abundance! has been approved to be on GlobalGiving!

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