School Gardens Project – Project Status June 2015
1. New cooperation, support, sponsorship and agreements
No new cooperation was established in this period.
2. Visits to the project in February, March and April 2015
13.04.2015: Monica Neves and Jéssica Fiuza Marin Tenório – Foundation Nestlé Brazil – São Paulo/SP
3. Media coverage on the School Gardens Project
- Media did not contact the project.
4. Major donations in cash
No major donations were made over the period. Project activities were funded by non-earmarked donations. For further information, please check CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER website.
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 | 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 285.00 – purchase of irrigation hoses: To irrigate the schools’ vegetable gardens we need garden hoses. (30-meter garden hose – Price per unit: USD 19.00 | need: 15)
- 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 | 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 3,325.00 – 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 3,325.00 | need: 1 micro tractor)
Contribute with USD 28.00 to help buy seeds for the school gardens (4 packages, 250 grams each).