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PROGRAMS
Water
and sanitation - we
assist in establishing small gravity-fed water system projects
in the barrios. We also support the establishment of
communal ecosan toilets to improve food security, conserve
water, prevent the spread of
communicable diseases and prevent
pollution of waterways.
Agro-forestry
- we support crop-tree-animal initiatives and contour farming
in order to prevent soil from eroding and improve farmers'
incomes.
Nutrition
- we support 'food always in the home' or FAITH as a means of
improving rural nutrition and incomes.
Development
- we organize local communities into functional clusters and
primary cooperatives and train barefoot technicians.
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WHY DO YOU CRY,
MIRROR AT NARITA
Is
it that you cannot bear
to hear the
heartbeats of Elena
so young, so
pretty, so dear
waiting for the
yakuza,
that you cry?
Or is it that you cannot bear
to see ravaged
Mom
combing her
lifeless hair
waiting for the
ride home,
that you cry?
I cannot understand,
for what is
there in crying
when home is a
terrifying dream,
when home is
want so mind-boggling,
when home is an endless scream?
-ELMER V. SAYRE
Published
in Sunday Inquirer Volume 3, Number 42, Magazine, October 16, 1988 . page
21
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Support the
Buffalo Bank Project
for 15,000 pesos (USD 348), a farming family can own a water
buffalo that will aid him in farming, increase his income,
dignity and self-worth.
The water buffalo is sturdy, docile and lasts for a
long time.
"Help us Send
a Poor Farmers' Child to School."
for 750 pesos a month (18USD), you can help us send a poor
farmers' child to school. Aside from sending the child to
school we will train him in sustainable livelihoods like
raising small animals and vegetable gardening and we will
provide pump-priming support. Help us in shaping a
bright future for our children.
Support the WAND Ecosanitation Initiative
for 22,000 pesos (USD 511), WAND will be able to construct an
ecosan toilet and start a vegetable gardening program in a
barrio. This will
close the loop between agricultural production and
consumption, prevent the spread of communicable disease and
improve sanitation and food security.
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