Help Farmers Rear Silk Moths to Restore Forests

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your generous support in 2010!  We had a great year and I am writing to brag about our highlights:

-1. CPALI farmers have planted over 10,000 trees
-2. We have made a financial commitment to 60 farmers and have 40 more lined up to work with us. Mamy believes that with increased funding and more staff, 900 farmers will be farming wild silk host plants within a year.
-3. Our textile was juried and accepted in the the Material ConneXion libraries giving access to designers in New York, Bangkok, Cologne, Daegu and Milan. 
 -4. Patent pending for our non-textile
-5. Trained 5 women to make the textile.
-6. Initiated rearing of silkworms in the field.
-7. Established a new NGO, SEPALI Madagascar to be our local partner and eventually take over our work in country. 
-8. Set-up a new in-field farmers network where 5 lead farmers have been trained to oversee the work of 10-20 community farmers.
-9. Established new plant nurseries in 3 new communities, Ambalamahogo, Marovovonana, Ambinantelo,  and          a second farmers group in Ambodivoagany.
-10. Established a partnership with Cork University, Ireland, to support interns in international development and  supported our first intern, Tom Corcoran, who made a video of CPALI's work. 

We could not have done this without your help and we hope you will consider continuing your support in the coming year.  

In the meantime, please accept our holiday wishes!

All the best,

Catherine Craig, President and the CPALI team.

Links:

• CPALI, home, website
• Action Altas