Dear Jalu,
In June is the good time where you are busy to prepare the holiday with family. MicroAid Projects team are also busy preparing an annual event, MicroAid Midsummer Ball, which will be held on July 3, 2010.
If you are in London, please come in the event and immediately buy the tickets. Purchase your tickets for the MicroAid Midsummer Ball here.
In this month, there are several micro-projects in Kenya, Bangladesh and Indonesia, which has been implemented and the time for you to read the project reports. Here you can read the summary results of the micro projects. There are also several Community Facilitation Partners from Kenya and India, which recently joined with MicroAid Projects.
Greetings from MicroAid Projects!
Environmentally friendly technology; wards off pests without killing local ecology
Tovan - a MicroAid Projects Organic Entrepreneur, has again introduced new technologies that are environmentally friendly and do not damage the natural ecology. The result of the current trial has been used by many neighbouring farmers' village. Organic liquid fertilizer and pesticide produces organic produce free from harmful chemical additives.
With products that are introduced by Tovan, many farmers can cultivate paddy rice crops and can prevent any future plant pests without killing the pest. Yes it’s true, do not kill the pests, ward them off they are part of mother nature’s natural ecology, which we destroy at our peril.
Here's a brief description of how the production cycle works:
Organic liquid fertilizer is used to support the acceptance of nutrient or food for the plant. This is necessary so that plant nutrient needs are met. Liquid fertilizer is first fermented over 15 days before use. This liquid fertilizer has a high nutrient content making it suitable for many different crops.
The materials used were: old vegetation up to 20%, cow urine 10%, crude cow dung 5%, maja fruit, bran 15%, 50% water and 1 kg of sugar.
Vegetable pesticides serve to repel pests from plants, not eradicate the pest. The materials used come from plants that are not favored by these pests and plants easily obtained as: Tuba Leeches Leaves, Sentang leaves, sour soup leaves and other leaves. Before being used crushed and their juice was taken first, then sprayed once a week which is useful for pest prevention (rather than killing pests).
Introducing new technologies in Kenya
A family group in Kamung'ang'a village in Kenya, has learnt to make soap from potatoes. They also use other agricultural products such as tomatoes to make tomato jam and milk to make yogurt.
Community Empowerment Programme Sustainable Development (COSDEP) is a non governmental organization working in Kenya. This foundation helps poor families learn new livelihoods skills that can help these women raise income for their families.
A MicroAid micro-project was carried out in May 2010, by introducing a simple new technology to make laundry soap made from potatoes readily available in theirvillage. Besides food, potatoes can be processed into soap. The tomatoes are also numerous in the village which also made jam.
Irene Wangari said “The training has opened our minds on how to utilize our locally produced commodities in a more useful way. We will use this livelihoods knowledge to better our lives”.
Read the full report here
See the project presentation on SlideShare
Donate for Women’s Enterprise Activities
Many women in their household have two roles. Firstly as queen of the household who cares for and raises their children. Secondly as competent managers in managing micro family enterprises.
In MicroAid Projects, women are given the opportunity to be directly involved in proposing and then carrying out training activities in line with what they really need. Help these low-income women learn simple activities that could be a vital way to supplement their subsistence family incomes.
See the women's enterprise activities
Thank very much.
