By Eric Holt-Gimenez | Executive Director of Food First and Project Lead
GREAT NEWS!
I am writing to you today to bring you some great news from Mali… and to ask for your help in obtaining matching funds. I am pleased to announce that a recent donation by a generous American couple has allowed BERADA to purchase fishnets for the 5 villages of Gao that are currently participating in the Gao Seeds & Water pumps project. Dr. Hassimi O. Maiga, President of BERADA reports that this donation will allow these villagers to enrich their diet of rice and vegetables by including some fish. BERADA will train these fishermen to save the fish remains for the farmers so that this valuable fertilizer can also be used by the farmers to increase the productivity of their vegetable beds.
I want to also remind you that there are 25 other villages of Gao that have yet to benefit from access to seeds, pumps and fishnets. As we move into our second year of the Help 30 Hungry Villages in Gao-Mali Grow Food NOW!, conflict still dominates this region of northern Mali, making it difficult for the villagers who did not flee due to the fighting to find enough to eat.
Please forward this message to your facebook friends and your e-mail list to help the hungry. You can invite them to make a donation in honor of their special valentine at: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/seeds-and-pumps-for-villagers-to-grow-food-in-gao-mali/
Now is a great time to consider making a generous donation yourself so that we can purchase vegetable and rice seeds for the coming season. We would also like to purchase two more water pumps to bring more water from the Niger River to the garden beds, plus five more fishing nets.
Today, February 12, 2014 starting at 9 A.M. EST your donation will be matched. Our goal for today is to raise $2,000. If you live in the Pacific time zone, that start time is 6 A.M.
Global Giving is providing $75,000 for this matching campaign in which all Global Giving projects can participate. So act now so that our Gao, Mali project can get some matching funds. Thanks so much for caring enough to allow these farmers to grow food for their families and neighbors.
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/seeds-and-pumps-for-villagers-to-grow-food-in-gao-mali/
PS. If you are not sure what time to make this donation on Wednesday, February 12, check this clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
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