Food For All-International Grants

Food For All's most recent international grants were allocated to the following organizations. For information on how to donate,
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American Friends Service Committee - Mozambique
The funding for this project goes directly to the field, providing dairy products and clean water to villagers with a long-term
goal of developing a local institution in which the process is completely self-sufficient within the villages. The idea is that more
food on the table is only useful if it reaches the bloodstream and enters the cells of the body, so to the extent that
non-potable water carries parasites or disease, any increases in food will have less of an impact on family nutrition.

Grassroots International – Gaza
The project works to establish household gardens, provide fruit trees, vegetable seedlings, medical herbs, and assist in the
construction of an animal production unit (for rabbit breeding) to women head-of-households in the Gaza strip. Technical and
managerial training in urban agriculture practices, managing household gardens for small income generation, improving plant
disease and pesticide control, and teaching food processing are also important facet of the projects, allowing for these women
to not only provide for their families, but to generate income from surplus food and livestock that they produce.

India Partners - India
The India Partners grant is providing micro-loans for soil restoration and cultivation while also providing income-generating
livestock to replace those lost in two recent floods. The soil and livestock components are key parts of a broader effort to
increase food security in the community. The project involves a village of Dalits (formerly dubbed “untouchables”). As this
group knows their land and local needs better than any outside sources, they are taking the lead on all aspects of the project
including the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Zambia
The project aims to increase food production in villages while reducing the poaching and killing of wild animals that invade
farmlands by utilizing humane “chili blaster guns” that repel elephants and hippos from planted crops due to their dislike of the
clouds of chili powder that erupt with each blast. The farmers who benefit from the chili blasting activities will also benefit from
joining Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO), a fair-trade and market training program that is an effective
poverty-alleviation tool for participants. In this next round of funding, project managers will be testing an elephant-proof
granary prototype to protect rice harvests from nocturnal elephant raid. WCS envisions the project leading to sustained surplus
yields of maize and rice, supported by the proven market benefits of participating in the COMACO program.

World Concern - Myanmar/Burma
The project will benefit 31 villages (with almost 3,000 households) in Kyaikhto, Belin and Thaton townships of Mon State,
covering a population characterized by broad geographical and ethnic diversity and suffering from a child malnutrition rate that
exceeds 40%. This project enables poor farmers to improve production by providing micro-finance, improved seed and breed
stock, and assistance with land registration. Technical training on a range of skills including sustainable agriculture, community
forestry, appropriate technology, and marketing is included as well. Training and community ownership of the project will enable
communities to develop long-term sustainable solutions to malnutrition and chronic hunger. It will also provide working-capital
assistance to eligible groups.