Vegetable farming for poor women of 10 rural areas

Thank you for the donations of 16,295 USD . Our women vegetable club is successfully growing and is in its 5th year with more application have been received for the loan from the farmer women who wish to start the vegetable farming.

The women groups have recently farmed, cabbage as it is high in demand. Selling their first cycle to the markets, they have earned quite a good profit of  (2000 per day) . Two of the women groups in Tehsil Samundri , Faisalabad have been given a new loan to cultivate vegetables . As the lockdown has been lifted up , the demand of the vegetable is high and is giving a good profit to the beneficiairies.  

The beneficiary Mukhtaran is very happy and excited. She is paying back the installments on time and beleive to continue to develop it by acquiring more land in near future. Few beneficiaries have asked for the loan amount again after succcessfully completing the loan cycle.

Thank you for the donations of 15788 USD . Our women vegetable club is successfully gowing and is in its 4th year with more application have been received for the loan to start the vegetable farming.

The women groups have recently sown cucumber,  capsicums, bitter gourd beans and turnips. Selling their first cycle to the markets, they have earned quite a good profit of  (2000 per day) . Two of the groups have sown  Apple Gourd along with the corriander which has provided them mild profit. With the arrival of the COVID- 19 , the demand went lower therefore the prices of the vegtables dropped consistently.  

As with the lockdown coming to ease, the demand is getting higher and with that the income too. The beneficiaires are very happy and excited. They are paying back the installments on time and beleive to continue to develop it by acquiring more land in near future. Few beneficiaries have asked for the loan amount again after succcessfully completing the loan cycle.

We thank you for the donations of 15603 USD . We beleive that our vegetable club ihas successfully entered in its 4th year as more application have been received for the loan to start the vegetable farming.

The women who already got the loan have sown radish and turnips. Selling its first cycle to the local markets has given them quite a good profit (2000 per day) . The previous vegetable was Apple Gourd but accoding to them , it didnt give them the good profit. One the one side of the land, they have sown peas which is also expected to give them a handsome profit as the demand is high in the market. 

Overall , the business is turning into a sustainable livelihood option for them and the beneficiaires are very happy and excited. They are paying back the installments on time and beleive to continue to develop it by acquiring more land in near future.

One of the beneficiary Irshad is very happy . She has started sending her children to school with the amount she is saving from her business. She beleve that it will bring prosperity in her home and she woudl be able to educate all of her children. 

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your support and your donations.We are pleased to anounce that donations has been devreased .The total amount received so far by the project is USD 15,203. The project has been successfully achieving results and the donations for this project has been increased. The loans which were given to the previous groups have started yielding results. The women farmers of the 3 groups are successful in growing Beans , Green Chillies and Brinjals. After this, the groups will start preparing the land for Corn . From October there will be Cucumber, Bitter gourd and green peppers.  

The profit varies with every crop . With Beans , Chillies and Brinjles the profit earned by the groups was average 30000 PKR per month. It was reduced to 25,000 PKR with the secind crop and with Corn it will increase to 35000- 40000 PKR. 

The next groups are ready for the loan and will start earning money in the next quarters. The women are happy and are contributing to support their families.

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your support and your donations.We are pleased to anounce that during the last quarter  a donation od USD 7800 has been given for this project.The total amount received so far by the project is USD 14,403. The project has been successfully achieving results and the loan of Pak Rupees 70,000 ($680) had been given to the next 2 group in January 2019 .

The organization has already received the loan amount back which was taken by the previous groups. In January, the loan amount was given to 3 new women groups to grow vegetables. AWARD has received many applications from number of groups and the organization has also considered the previous application which for some reasons were not been selected .

The project staff has briefed the loan recepients about the rules for applying for the loan and the benefits of growing vegetables. Please note that the amount given to the beneficiries is totally interest free. Once the amount is paid back it will be given back to the other group. The previous beneficiares are very happy about the profit they received during the season and wishes to continue their businesses.

The two new groups plans to grow Corriander, Green pepper, lady fingers, raddish and some other seasonal vegetables . We request all our donors and supporters to help AWARD to reach its target and to help promote the Vegetable Farming amongthe poor women to support them. The project has  changed the life of many women because of its sustainability.