The Foundation is Heading to Peru!

Hey Jennie,


We got some great opportunities coming up. The institute for Self Reliance in Agriculture is inviting us to go to Peru in July to teach The SFG method to several universities and local groups. They have some good resources, so they will help cover our travel costs. Another Great NGO called Choice Humanitarian loves our method and would love for us to go down with them to Guatemala or Mexico to teach up to 50 villages the method in order to help them become self sufficient. These guys are not as large so they can’t afford to cover our travel costs. We are also short about $3,000 that we need for the two weeks we would be in the villages. I would like to see if we can get the support of our people to help get SFG down to those countries. I have set up a donation center here:
http://www.donationto.com/Squarefootgardening
Would you mind putting up an announcement on the forum and seeing if we can get our teachers and SFG gardeners to help get SFG to these countries that are so in need of what we offer? The expedition is slated to take place in August, so we would need the funds by then. Thanks Jennie, let’s see if we can pump our people and support this great cause! Alan

GlobalGardens wrote:Hola,

I came across this site when googling ways to donate seeds to Andean communities in Peru (which I am still googling..). This summer I'll be volunteering with indigenous communities near Cusco. I'll specifically be assisting in a project to integrate modern sustainable agriculture practices with more ancient agricultural practices. I think it would be interesting to learn more about SFG, in particular at your University presentations in Peru, to bring the information and skills back to the Andean communities. Is this something we could possibly arrange? When/where will you be presenting in Peru? I should be arriving around July 15th or so.

Thanks and good luck/happy travels!

Hola hombre, hablas español?
Yes, the current plan is to travel in mid July as well, so we might be able to see each other! PM me and I'll give you some details!
-Arty

walshevak wrote:I found this information. Can you make it work?


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