INDIA, Madurai.
£400.
Community Development Support Programme - nutritious food for street children.
Orphans and children of hut dwellers and people who live in slums, scavenge through bins for food or live on leftovers from hotels. Their parents suffer from leprosy, HIV/AIDS and are unable to work because of disabilities.
Many of the street children suffer from sickness and disease, which was made worse in June by India's heatwave (48 degrees centigrade).
Vegfam funding provided Four hundred 10 - 14 year olds with 3 nutritious meals (bread, dhall, fruit, nut/soya milk and water to drink).
Financed through Pastor Jesudoss and the Siloam Gospal and Welfare Mission (Madurai, South India).
Palapatty and surrounding villages.
£5,000.
Seeds and tools distribution to poor families.
For 3 years, farmers were not able to grow crops because of the lack of rain. This year there was rain but more than 1,000 farming families had no money for seeds.
Each family was supplied with 30kg of seed to grow: rice, ragi, corn and vegetables. 1150 families in five areas have benefited from the distribution of seeds and tools.
The seeds have been planted and irrigation channels constructed. After the harvest, seeds will be stored and surrounding villages will in turn be given seed. More than 10,000 people should benefit from this 3 year project.
Financed through Pastor Jesudoss of the Siloam Gospal and Welfare Mission (Madurai, South India).