By Janet Cook | Project Leader
CTD Calmly Continuing to Create Change Amid Worldwide Chaos
With our chaotic first world country troubled by protests, economic shutdowns, and a pandemic, living in a quiet village located in a green mountain valley just 2 hours from a bustling city of over a million people with temperature similar to Hawaii sounds ideal.
Our peaceful valley has no people protesting anything; the near-by armed soldiers tolerate no negative speech.
Our beautiful valley has no business/economic shutdowns; there is almost no money---therefore few businesses exist.
In this quiet valley, threat of a world-wide pandemic is unimportant; normal food-insecurity, known as near-starvation, is a common, yearly danger.
Opps! A different picture. Our perfect valley needs to be rescued!
Thanks to you and your donations to CTD, the Kafubu Valley is being rescued! The armed soldiers are still in control and economic activity as we know it is still non-existent, but you are obliterating the threat of starvation!
*Over 150 families have benefited directly from CTD’s 4 objectives: top quality seed bred specifically for higher elevations, fertilizer, insecticide, and training in best farm practices from professional agronomists. Their harvests average a 400% increase over the past years!
*Trained farmers teach their neighbors best farming practices, helping everyone in the five local tribes. (A rising tide lifts all ships; an educated people teach their neighbors.)
*About 50% of project-benefited families have totally repaid their share of the costs. Others are repaying, but at a slower rate.
*Extreme flooding soon after the November 2019 planting destroyed some of the young corn plants. Normally this devastation would mean near-starvation again. Through CTD, families were provided with seed for alternative crops with a shorter growing season, such as beans and cabbage.
*The school, which in not funded by the government, has many more students because parents can afford the minimal tuition. Such a blessing for the younger generation!
*Wonderful recurring donors mean CTD’s team can meet ongoing expenses during the entire growing year.
Even in these chaotic times, CTD continues to calmly create change for the people in our beautiful Kafubu Valley. Thank you!
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