• Construction of a grain mill to make the children’s home more self-sustaining and to improve villagers’ lives in the surrounding community ($9,000)
• Provide gap funding for earthquake reconstruction of the Batase school, grades 1-10 ($5,000)
• Continue organic almond and coffee programs ($13,000)
  • Graft 1000 almond saplings onto peach root stock and train new farmers
  • Transfer 500 macadamia trees from nurseries to fields for coffee shade
  • Add dairy cows as self-sustaining income generation component to help cover the cost of coffee field staff and workers
  • Expand care of coffee plants and provide training to new farmers
  • Garner new funding local sources to expand almond program in 3 new districts.
• Continue to support Maya’s orphanage and education ($2,000)

In gratitude,
Deana, Nancy, & Jen