Provide agriculture training for Bolivian children

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Provide agriculture training for Bolivian children

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Summary

The project will build an animal farm at the Santiago community high school in Arampampa, Bolivia. Agricultural certification will improve nutrition, food security, job skills and local development. read updates from the field

How You Can Help

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$10 - will pay for agricultural certification for 2 students
$50 - will purchase 2 pigs for the farm
$100 - will pay for one-fourth of the total transportation costs of all construction material for the farm

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The project will empower students and community members to manage small animal farming, produce meat, eggs and milk, and transform products like milk into cheese. The products are needed to improve malnourishment in the school children (about 50% are severely malnourished). The technical training will improve local economic development in an area where agriculture is the primary economic output by enhancing output and employability while ensuring increased food security at the family level.

Activities

1. Build an animal farm for agricultural certification that will help students get better jobs, improve nutrition and increase family economic output. 2. Implement a health curriculum to ensure students’ safety while working in proximity to animals.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $355
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,645
Total Funding Goal: $5,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Two hundred students and 400 community members receive agricultural training. The high school maintains the farm to grow the investment in animal stock. Students gain permanent skills and pass them on to exponentially improve conditions in Bolivia.

Project Message

Empower children to improve their economic situation and see increasing returns among the community. Improve nutrition, employability, family income and local economic development.
- Jenna Pfefferle, International Projects Director, UCLA Chapter

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jenna Pfefferle
International Projects Director
109 N Graham Street
Chapel Hill,
United States
(818) 518-0296
Email:

Project Sponsor

Nourish International

Organization

University of California-Los Angeles and Duke University Chapters, Nourish International

Learn more about University of California-Los Angeles and Duke University Chapters, Nourish International and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Bolivia and can also be found under Economic Development.

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 15, 2010

Latest Update from the Field

GlobalGiving for UCLA Nourish - Thank you!

By Jenna Pfefferle - International Project Director, March 22, 2010 09:00 PM

To all our wonderful Donors,

Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity in support of UCLA Nourish's project hosted by GlobalGiving. We raised a total of $355 thanks to good souls like you!

We sincerely appreciate your support, and want you to know that all donations will directly support our project in Bolivia this summer. You would be amazed at how far these donations from a few good people will go to help those less fortunate.

If you are interested in following our project this summer as we travel to Bolivia, you may do so at the link attached for Nourish International. Check back this summer as we will be posting blogs about our experiences in the field.

Thank you again for helping us be the change. :)

Sincerely,

Nourish International at UCLA

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