Help AIDS Orphans Become Self-Reliant
Crowdfunder: Tanya Weaver of American Foundation for Children with AIDS
Campaign type: We’re looking for donations to support a cause
Campaign link: https://www.caringcrowd.org/empower-these-risk-hiv-orphaned-girls
Twitter: @AFCAids
Goal: $10,000
Progress: $2,100
Project: This will support girls orphaned by HIV/AIDS and who are wanting to learn how to become self-sufficient.
Use of funds: We will purchase and set up a greenhouse in a girls’ home in Zimbabwe. This will be a training ground for girls to learn how to prepare land, set up drip irrigation systems, grow and transplant seedlings, grow and harvest vegetables, mulch, etc.
Anecdote: Our greenhouse project is growing! What started as a dream to educate girls in farming, marketing, selling, and budgeting is growing from one greenhouse to, hopefully, 10. Fourteen young ladies, who lost parents to AIDS and also sustained abuse in the hands of their guardians, did the huge job of moving manure and dirt into our first greenhouse, making it ready for planting. After their seedlings grew and were planted, they expectantly waited for their yellow and orange peppers to grow. And, grow, they did! While providing their home with food, they sold extra veggies in the open market, earning some money for their savings accounts while saving money for the next crop. Each girl was tired at the end of their work days, but they were excited to learn and to know that once it is their time to leave the home, they are able to farm and to start small businesses, due to the training received.
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