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Economic Development > Vegetable Gardens & Internet for Indian Youth (#2258)
Summary
The 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 communication with peers.
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Increases in extreme weather (droughts, rain) has caused farming families in the Indian province of Andhra Pradesh to lose crops and income. Seeds dry up or wash away, leading to cycles of debt, poverty and hunger. Over 5000 farmers committed suicide in 2006, seeing no other way to escape debts. Through TGC, farmers grow nutritious produce in a containerized water-saving system, protecting seeds from the weather, while receiving knowledge and tools for sustainable economical agriculture.
Young people grow fresh produce to feed their families and then sell the surplus to break the cycle of debt and hunger. Internet access through TGC connects youth to info, advice, education & financial opportunity, and to their peers around the world
Total Funding Received to Date: $15,460
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $44,540
Total Funding Goal: $60,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
This project will give marginalized people (youth, farmers, orphans, the disabled) in Andhra Pradesh the tools and knowledge to grow food through droughts and monsoons, stabilizing income, increasing access to education and economic opportunity.
"India's belly is not full. When India's belly is full, India's mountains will be named, her rivers will run clean and her children will be free from poverty."
- Fr. Vijay Mohan Reddy Bakrapet, Community Leader
Amy McMillen
Progam Coordinator
2175 K Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20037
United States
202-653-2458
Email:
United States Committee for FAO
P.O. Box 33145
Washington,
DC
20033-3145
United States
1-800-252-0455
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This project is located in India
and can also be found under Economic Development.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
This project was last updated on February 24, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 8, 2008
By Leah Page - TGC Project Management Consultant, February 24, 2010 12:28 PM
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