Project Report
| Dec 17, 2019
Mushroom culture
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Culturing mushrooms
Dear Friend,
Warm greetings and thank you very much for your kindness and generosity in supporting our project promoting vegetable gardening among those affected by the crisis in Marawi. At this time rebuilding the city takes a very long time as unexploded bombs still litter the nooks and crannies of the city center. We think that it will take a long time for the area to be declared safe again and for the residents to build their houses and start a new life. At present, we continue to promote vegetable gardening wherever the displaced residents are located because gardening is easy, fun and they are able to produce nutritious food for their table. This reporting period we introduce the growing of wild mushrooms for food because they can be grown easily and does not require a lot of care and space. We are in the process of collecting spawns and then multiplying them in local nutrient culture. Once we have multiplied the fungus, we will distribute them to the beneficiaries so that they are able to grow them in their farms.
Hoping for your continuing generosity.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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Aug 26, 2019
Starting gardening after the dry season
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Starting to plant
Dear Friend,
Warm greetings and thank you very much for your support and generosity to our project assisting evacuees so they live comfortable lives. The last few months we experienced severe dry weather and vegetable gardening activities by affected families has largely stopped. Evacuees prioritized their need for water to household use as well as to health and hygiene requirement for the family. This time around they are able to start their gardening activities with the onset of the rainy season. We hope that the rain will not be too much though because it will also destroy the crops. We trained community residents to practice mixed planting of vegetables so that they will have veriety and so that they have several income streams from short term and longer term crops. We were able to assist 110 families during this period using this approach.
Hoping for your continuing generosity.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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May 29, 2019
Continue training the youth
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Continue training the youth
Dear Friend,
Warm greetings and thank you very much for your continuing support to our project providing vegetable seeds, organic fertilizer, small garden tools and training to those affected by the ISIS-inspired siege in Marawi City that displaced thousands of families. Of the least supported among the evacuees are Christian individuals and families who were workers of Muslim businessmen in the city. They returned to their homes or evacuated to relatives with very little support and attention. They went to the cracks and disappeared but their lack of access to productive resources is very evident and there is indeed a need to assist them. This reporting period and with the support of local friends and patrons, we were able to continue training the youth members of the evacuees on vegetable gardening and using small spaces around the house in order to do this. We were able to conduct 1 training held in a village with 45 youth participants with vegetable gardening as the main topic.
We will continue to provide training and other support as we go on to implement this project.
Hoping for your continuing support.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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