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Community Gardens Project – Project Status February 2015

18.02.2015

1. New cooperation, support, sponsorship and agreements

HORIZONTE FÉRTIL – CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER signed a cooperation agreement with HORIZONTE FÉRTIL. More on that in our next newsletter.

Instituto Elos – A new Cooperation has been established to implement the Community Gardens Project in Santos/SP.

 

 

2. Visits to the project in November and December 2014 and January 2015

November, 06, 2014: Manuela Santana – (CSA – Community Supported Agriculture) – Botucatu/SP

November, 08, 2014: Lisandra Cristina Moutinho – Caixa Econômica Federal/Microcredits – São Paulo/SP

November, 13, 2014: Nicdherdy Cornelia – University of Curaçao (UoC) – Curaçao/Caribbean

November, 15, 2014: Marlene Bezerra – Recife/PE

November, 17, 2014: Paula Garcia Serna – Towards the Human City – Barcelona/Spain

November, 24, 2014: Rafael Lino, Camila Brazão – Environmental management students USP/Leste – São Paulo/SP

January, 09, 2015: 09.01.2014: Thais Polydoro, Marina Engels, Clarrisa Müller – Instituto Elos – Santos/SP


 

3. Media coverage on the Community Gardens Project

Reports in Portuguese

TV (Portuguese)

 

For other news stories, access our channel on YouTube.

 

 

4. Major donations in cash

  • There were none.

 

 

5. For the month to come we need resources in cash amounting to

  • USD 48.00 – purchase of vegetable seedlings: Use of seedlings is intensive, as Brazil’s tropical climate allows us to plant every two months. (Styrofoam boxes each containing 288 vegetable seedlings | need: 10 boxes)
  • USD 166.00 – purchase of rolls of electrical wire (6 mm): For the electrical connections of the irrigation systems. (100-meter rolls | need: 2 rolls)
  • USD 347.00 – purchase of agricultural limestone: Agricultural limestone is used to correct soil acidity. (25-kilo bags | need: 25 bags)
  • USD 832.00 – purchase of organic compost: Organic compost is used to fertilize the soil for growing vegetables. (30-kilo bags | need: 50 bags)
  • USD 1,180.00 – purchase of irrigation hoses: One-inch hoses are the core of the irrigation system. (100-meter rolls of one-inch hose | need: 20 rolls)
  • USD 1,495.00 – purchase of high-pressure irrigation pumps: Pumps are used to distribute water across the plot through the irrigation system. (Price for each irrigation pump: USD 747.50 | need: 2 irrigation pumps)

 

  • You can contribute with USD 28.00 to buy seeds for the Community Gardens Project.

 

About the organisation

CIDADES SEM FOME (CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which has set up sustainable agrarian projects in urban and rural areas based on organic farming. The aim is to help and teach people to manage their own business and become financially independent. Community Gardens, School Gardens and Agricultural Greenhouses have been developed on unused and neglected public and private areas within social focal points to provide jobs and improve the diets of adults and children. In 2009 the Small Family Farms Project, the organizations fourth project, has been set up in Rio Grande do Sul, to train farmers in multiple cropping as an alternative to monoculture and help them starting new businesses in organic farming.

CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER was founded in 2004 in São Paulo by Hans Dieter Temp, who has a degree in Business Administration, and is a Technician for Agriculture and Environmental Policies. In 2013 Hans Dieter Temp was selected and awarded with the title Social Entrepreneur “Changemaker” by Ashoka. CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER has received numerous national and international awards, such as the Milton Santos Award in 2014, created to honor entities and people who have contributed with the city of São Paulo. In 2012 CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER was selected by Caixa Econômica Federal for its commitment to the realization of the UN-Millennium Goals. The organization was also awarded with the Dubai International Award for Best Practices 2010 (UN-HABITAT).

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