Support an agribusiness run by Tamil women

If you have been receiving our earlier reports, you know that we have been teaching the women we have been working with how to make products like pickles and relishes that will add value to their harvest.   We believe that increasing the income the women can earn from their land by creating products that will sell for more than the raw produce and have a longer shelf life is a critical part of helping them recover from the devastation of the pandemic. 

But some of the women were having trouble marketing the canned products they produce.  Which became the springboard for a grant application that provides a structure for the women to select, can, and market their products more effectively.  

You'll find a link to the grant application below, and will be able to read all the details soon in a revamped version of this project (#38297) that will help them increase sales whether we get the grant or not. 

Designed with milestones for checking our success as we go along and a thorough evaluation after a year, this easily scalable proposal is one of the most ambitious activities we have undertaken.  We are hoping that it will not only help the women involved, but will help VOICE Trust model a new system of project design that will provide more efficient and effective help to hundreds and perhaps thousands more in the years to come.

Your support has helped us take this giant step forward, and we hope that when you see the revamped project, you'll be as excited about it as we are.

Thank you so much -- and stay tuned!

Links:

• our grant proposal