EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
AGRICULTURE AT THE HEART OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

"Agriculture training and education is a key component to women's empowerment and self-sufficiency."
-Mira Rana, ETC Nepal Executive Director

Greetings!

For the last two years, Educate the Children has operated primarily in the Dolakha District of Nepal.  With the support of generous friends, we have been able to accomplish a great deal in a short period of time.  ETC Nepal Executive Director, Mira Rana, reports that one key component to women's empowerment and self-sufficiency, including income generation, is the agriculture training and education they receive through ETC. In the past two years, ETC's agriculture program has made a tremendous impact.  Here are a few examples:

·   3 Agriculture Demonstration Farms have been established
·   865 women 's group members received orientation and established kitchen gardens
·   665 women's group members received bio-pesticide training
·   90 women's group members received compost-making training
·   20 women have started semi-commercial vegetable farming
·   42 women's group members received soil solarization training
·   46 women's group members received intensive vegetable production training
·   1,300 persimmon and 635 orange trees were distributed to 865 women's group members

There is still a great deal more work to do, with many women waiting to be able to join our programs. Thanks to our friends like you, we will continue to assist these women as they help themselves.

Namaste,