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School Gardens Project – Project Status August 2014
1. New cooperation, support, sponsorship and agreements
No new cooperation were established in this period.
2. Visits to the project in May, June and July 2014
August, 4, 2014: Giulia Pereira Patitucci – University of São Paulo (USP)
3. Media coverage on the School Gardens Project
Media did not contact the project.
4. Major donations in cash
- Fundação Cargill– already existing contract – USD 13,636.00 – for May, June, and July 2014
5. For the coming month 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 | Price per box: USD: 4.80 | need: 10 boxes)
- USD 48.00 – purchase of protection screens: For protecting the beds from the sun and heavy rain. (20- by 10-meter screen | need: 1 screen)
- USD 105.00 – purchase of hoes: Necessary to make the furrows. (Price per unit: USD 7.00 | need: 15 hoes)
- USD 105.00 – purchase of digging blades: Necessary for laying out the beds. (Price per unit: USD 7.00 | need: 15 digging blades)
- USD 286.00 – purchase of irrigation hoses: To irrigate theschool’ gardenswecurrently needregulargarden hoses. (One roll measures 30metersand costs: USD 19,06|need:15 rolls
- USD 350.00 – purchase of gardening tool kits for children: To engage the children in the project kids’ tools are essential (Price per kit: USD 7.00 | need: 50 kits)
- USD 416.00 – purchase of organic compost: For fertilizing the beds. (30-kilo bags | Prize per bag: UDS: 16.64 | need: 25 bags)
- USD 680.00 – purchase of a lawn mower: We need a lawn mower for the schools’ gardens, one that can be easily transported. (Price of a lawn mower: UDS 680.00 | need: 1 lawn mower)
- USD 3,424.00 – purchase of a Tobata micro tractor: We need a small and versatile diesel-oil manually operated tractor that can be easily transported from school to school. (Price of a micro tractor: UDS 3,424.00 | need: 1 micro tractor)
Contribute with USD 28.00 to help buy seeds for the school gardens (4 packages, 250 grams each).
