Project Report
| Jun 7, 2016
Continue with gardening
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Visit by a garden donor
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Greetings from Leyte and thank you very much for your continuing support to our project to provide food for typhoon-affected beneficiaries living in temporary shelters via vegetable gardening. This is indeed a ground-breaking project but was temporarily discontinued when the El Nino hot season affected the area and it is difficult to raise gardens because of lack of water. At present, the rains has started already and the gardens are growing again. Support for this project is getting smaller but we managed to bring in visitors to observe our work and to provide financial support via GlobalGiving. They like supporting this way because they get regular updates of the progress of the fund that they provide via the reports posted.
This period, we were able to engage 75 families living in temporary shelters to raise their gardens. We provide organic fertilizer, vegetable seeds and technical assistance.
Hoping for your continuing support to this initiative.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora
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Mar 14, 2016
Preparing for the coming rain
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Land preparation
Dear Friends,
Greetings and thank you very much for your continuing support to our project to provide food via vegetables to Typhoon Haiyan survivors still living in temporary shelters. The good thing with this project is that residents are very active in tending their vegetable plots and there is a sense of friendly competition. All members of the families who are doing gardening tend to assist each other and they are encouraged some more when they see the vegetables growing and when they harvest the crops. Most of the time, the harvest is for their own food with some surplus sold to neighbors or given to relatives. This time is area preparation so that the plots are ready for planting at the onset of the rainy season. A total of 135 families have already prepared their plots. We will then provide them with the organic fertilizer and vegetable seeds when the rains start.
Thank you again for your generosity.
Very sincerely yours,
Cora Sayre
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Dec 28, 2015
Continuous vegetable harvest
By Cora Sayre | Project Leader
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Vegetable harvest
Dear Friend,
Warmest greetings for the Holiday Season and thank you very much for your kind donation to our project providing continuous supply of vegetables for food and income to Typhoon Haiyan survivors still living in temporary shelters. Some of the vegetables like pechay and radish mature very quickly and it is heartening to see families, men, women and children proud of their harvest. The harvest they use for their own table and the surplus they sell to neighbors. We continue to provide organic fertilizer and seeds to the beneficiaries. The organic fertilizer we ask for free from a nearby sugar central. This reporting period we are able to support 230 vegetable gardeners with various seeds comprising eggplant, tomato, squash, radish and pechay. We also provided them with 50 sacks organic fertilizer. Early next year we will launch a contest and will provide the winners with household utensils for their prizes.
Again, thank you very much and hoping that you will support us again.
With much gratitude,
Cora
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