Project Report
| Oct 8, 2015
Barefoot garden technicians
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Vertical gardening
Dear All Friends,
Greetings from Leyte and thank you very much for your continuing donation to our gardening initiative for typhoon survivors still staying in bunk-houses and semi-permanent shelters. There are still many survivors waiting to be resettled in more permanent housing and while waiting, we encourage them to do gardening as a means to augment their income, provide home-grown food and for them to use their free time in a beneficial way.
As a strategy to sustain this effort, we provide training for local natural leaders on effective gardening techniques using available materials and implementing the gardens in whatever available space there is in the area. Some areas have very limited spaces for gardening and we train them to use bamboo and containers to grow vegetables. This period we are able to train 27 local garden technicians.
Hoping for your continuing support.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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Jul 13, 2015
Gardening in temporary shelters
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Garden celebration
Dear Friends,
Greetings and thank you very much for your kind help to our project to provide continuous food to the typhoon survivors here by raising their own gardens. Vegetables are indeed very easy to grow and we are blessed with plenty of sun and water which are needed ingredients for gardening. We are also training the beneficiaries how to make their own organic fertilizer using kitchen waste and manure from farm animals around the area. Many of the survivors are still living in bunk-houses or temporary shelters and we are supporting them with training, vegetable seeds and garden implements. This reporting period, we assisted 2 bunk-houses located in Palo, Leyte and in Basey, Samar with 325 families. The good thing is that the Samaritan’s Purse partnered with us in providing personnel and training materials. Aside from gardening, we are hosting a gardening contest and celebration for the residents with prizes consisting of kitchen utensils, rice, canned goods and school supplies for the children.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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Apr 28, 2015
Gardening is given a big boost
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Receiving certificates
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Leyte. Our gardening initiative for beneficiaries living in bunk-houses is given a big boost by the visit of an important person and as part of her mission as the reigning Queen. The bunk-house residents we more encouraged and excited to receive the guest as well as to continue on with their gardening initiative. During the visit vegetable seeds, certificates of appreciation, garden tools and supplies were given to the leaders for distribution to their members later on. Gardening continue to be one of the best approach in terms of improving the lives of the typhoon survivors. It is during their gardening activity that they talk about their future plans especially on where they can be finally settled permanently and not live in the bunk-house. At least when they go to their assigned permanent homes, they will already bring with them life survival skills which is very much needed here.
Again, thank you very much and hoping for additional support from you.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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