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Program Detail for Growing Projects

Below are all of the programs eligible for funding in 2011 and 2012. Please use this resource to determine which program(s) you would like to support. For more information about a particular program, click on the program name.  Here is the donation form with the new donation mailbox.

Program Supporting Members Program End Potential Extension Funding Needed
Angola - Benguela
Extension services, animal traction, irrigation systems, marketing and transportation.
Lead Member: CRS 06/30/2012 $0
Armenia - FHSLD
Socially vulnerable families and residents, such as handicapped individuals, refugees, and elderly, are being provided improved diets while learning small farm management skills.
Lead Member: UMCOR 12/31/2013 $6,476
Bolivia - Potosí
Production and health increase with oca, vegetables,sheep and health and nutrition education.
Lead Member: LWR 03/31/2013 $49,342
Bolivia - Tacobamba
Efforts increase agricultural and livestock production for sale on local markets, through activities including the sustainable management of water and soil resources and the strengthening of community land management practices.
Lead Member: LWR
Supporting Members: CC(DOC)WOC, MCC, UMCOR
01/14/2014 $58,030
Bolivia Paraguay - Gran Chaco
Farmers increase their skills for organic farming and nutritional planning with access to water and food year round.
Lead Member: CC(DOC)WOC 10/30/2012 Yes $64,523
Burkina Faso Central
Working with 158 innovative producers from the previous phase, they will receive training in: System of rice intensification (SRI); Sesame production and marketing; Household production and use of moringa, nutrition training and promotion of vegetables in the diet; Linking producers with micro-credit
Lead Member: MCC
Supporting Members: COB-GFCF, UCC-OGHS, CC(DOC)WOC
02/28/2015 $52,562
Cambodia - South
Farmer Fields Schools introduce crop diversity, system of rice intensification (SRI) , and composting
Lead Member: CRWRC 06/30/2013 $0
Central African Republic - Gamboula
Research farms expand plants and knowledge to indigenous groups and mothers of hospitalized malnourished children.
Lead Member: ECC-CWR 01/31/2015 $74,740
Colombia - Chocó
Small scale agriculture to replace illicit crops with food crops.
Lead Member: MCC 12/31/2014 $101,213
Colombia - Corambiente
Production and marketing of organic produce.
Lead Member: LWR 09/30/2012 Yes $45,000
Colombia - Sincelejo
Agriculture, organizational capacity building, and savings help local groups develop livelihoods.
Lead Member: MCC
Supporting Members: UCC-OGHS, UMCOR
02/28/2013 $74,265
Democratic Republic Congo - Micro Devru
Improved varieties and practices with cassava, dwarf oil palm, peanuts, cow peas and vegetable seeds to improve lives in rural and urban settings.
Lead Member: PCUSA 03/31/2016 $240,000
Democratic Republic of Congo - Katanga Kamina
Farmer field schools with training in soy, moringa, beekeeping as well as ox plowing and dietary education.
Lead Member: UMCOR
Supporting Members: MCC, CRWRC, ECC-CWR, RCA, CC(DOC)WOC
07/30/2010 Yes $124,710
Dominican Republic - Bateyes
Batey (former work camp) residents increase access to land, agricultural inputs, production techniques, marketing, basic education and organizational strengthening.
Lead Member: CC(DOC)WOC 12/31/2014 $223,560
El Salvador - Lolotique
Strengthening participation in associations and capacity building to access programs of the government and international institutions.
Lead Member: LWR 09/30/2012 $0
Gambia - Gamhort
Year round soil-less vegetable production with access to local and tourist markets.
Lead Member: UMCOR 02/28/2013 $0
Guatemala - Sibinal
Agri-ecologial learning models,, production and sales of organic fertilizer and native vegetable seeds.
Lead Member: MCC 12/15/2013 $39,776
Guatemala - Totonicapan - Nebaj
Multiple strategies of indigenous and innovative crops and technologies help indigenous groups improve nutrition and food security.
Lead Member: COB-GFCF 12/31/2013 $41,296
Haiti - Northwest
Training and strengthening of cooperatives as well as provision of credit helps long term residents and internally displaced persons.
Lead Member: RCA 12/31/2012 $70,529
Honduras - Nueva Frontera
Watershed protection is combined with maximizing agricultural production and building alliances for long term solutions.
Lead Member: RCA
Supporting Members: UCC-OGHS, UMCOR
12/31/2012 $17,139
Honduras - Orocuina & Liure
Nutritious food supported with seeds, storage, animals and watershed protection.
Lead Member: MCC 02/28/2014 $31,000
India - Banka
Women's self help groups combine with farm and off farm opportunities, irrigation, paddy rice and vegetable production, loans.
Lead Member: LWR
Supporting Members: UMCOR, CC(DOC)WOC
09/30/2012 $0
India - Patharkhmah
SALT (Sloping Agricultural Land Technology) and SRI (System of Rice Intensification) address challenges of two types of farming terrain: mountainsides and narrow valleys.
Lead Member: CRWRC 06/30/2012 $0
Jordan - Greigra
Water catchment, irrigation, greenhouses, marketing.
Lead Member: MCC 02/28/2013 Yes $30,000
Kenya - Kitui
Increased food availability, income and access to water resources.
Lead Member: CRS 09/30/2012 Yes $55,000
Kenya - Ndeiya
Water, soil conservation and small animals will increase food supply in an area susceptible to recurrent drought.
Lead Member: CRWRC 09/30/2014 $68,243
Kenya - Ngong POMC
Crops, livestock and access to water combine with training in a "self-help group" approach in a pastoralist context.
Lead Member: MCC 04/30/2012 $23,388
Kenya - Ngong-Intashat
Pastoralist self help groups improve livestock, crops and access to water.
Lead Member: MCC 02/28/2015 $52,808
Laos - Xieng Khouang
Improved technologies of managing crops complement livestock and forage management for sustainable food sources.
Lead Member: CRWRC 06/30/2014 $60,331
Liberia - Rural Counties
Seeds and tools, animal multiplication.
Lead Member: WHI
Supporting Members: ECC-CWR
12/31/2012 Yes $40,000
Malawi - Chingale
Community mobilization, maize production, crop diversification, irrigation, seed multiplication, agro-forestry, livestock and off farm income generation.
Lead Member: PCUSA
Supporting Members: RCA
09/30/2012 $6,092
Malawi - Kasungu
Community groups focused on livestock, irrigation, and saving and loan groups
Lead Member: CRS 09/30/2013 $45,728
Malawi - Nkhoma
Training for health and agricultural production benefits vulnerable groups such as orphans.
Lead Member: CRWRC 09/30/2011 Yes $2,537
Mali - Tominian
Sesame production, post-harvest management and marketing, soil conservation and restoration, crop diversification, savings and loans, and literacy.
Lead Member: CRS 03/31/2013 Yes $50,000
Mexico - Chiapas
Home based gardens and small irrigation systems contribute to decreased migration, food security and increased peace.
Lead Member: MCC 12/31/2014 $24,000
Mozambique - Cattle Marambajane
Cattle stocking and envirnonmental preservation.
Lead Member: WHI
Supporting Members: UMCOR, UCC-OGHS
12/31/2012 Yes $5,500
Mozambique - Tete-Mutarara
Conservation farming, wetland management, biomass use and improved storage help farmers respond to the variations of drought and flooding.
Lead Member: CRWRC 12/31/2013 $0
Nicaragua - Conquista
Land purchase is combined with agricultural training to small land holders.
Lead Member: CRWRC 06/30/2014 $0
Nicaragua - Farmer
Land purchase; improved diversified production.
Lead Member: CRWRC 06/30/2013 $51,154
Nicaragua - Mateare Carazo
Sustainable access to safe water, diversified organic farming, seed banks, and learning exchanges foster sustainable livelihoods.
Lead Member: UMCOR 12/31/2012 Yes $68,950
Nicaragua - Rio Coco
Demonstration farms and production centers train farmers to share learning in remote disaster prone communities.
Lead Member: COB-GFCF 09/30/2012 $84,185
North Korea - Ryongyon
Cereal crops and cotton.
Lead Member: COB-GFCF 02/28/2013 Yes $84,000
Palestine - Gaza
Small animal management and marketing in a very challenging context.
Lead Member: MCC 11/30/2014 $29,875
Palestine - Westbank 2
Water harvesting.
Lead Member: MCC
Supporting Members: UMCOR
01/01/2014 $100,000
Peru - Chota
Malnutrition is reduced through agricultural production and training in hygiene and sanitation along with expanded health services.
Lead Member: LWR
Supporting Members: UMCOR, UCC-OGHS, CC(DOC)WOC
12/31/2013 $0
Serbia - Smederevo
Crops and animals improve food security and nutrition in a soup kitchen for vulnerable groups: elderly, unemployed, children and marginalized Roma.
Lead Member: CC(DOC)WOC 10/29/2012 Yes $48,500
Sierra Leone - Koinadugu
Group asset management; savings and lending, system of rice intensification (SRI), conservation agriculture and school gardens.
Lead Member: CRS 01/31/2013 Yes $86,434
Tanzania - Dodoma
Sand dams, self-help group formation, agricultural plots, tree nurseries, new agricultural techniques
Lead Member: MCC 06/30/2012 $0
Timor Leste - Viqueque
Improved crops, harvesting, storage and seed selection.
Lead Member: CRS 06/30/2014 $130,881
Uganda - Kireka
Earth box and backyard farming, mushroom growing, marketing, post harvest management in an institution for handicapped students.
Lead Member: ADRA 08/31/2012 Yes $5,983
Uganda - Teso
Crop diversity, livestock, and training combine to face contextual food challenges.
Lead Member: CRWRC 12/31/2014 $84,188
Uganda - West Nile
Farmer field schools and village savings and lending groups complement soil and water conservation.
Lead Member: CRWRC
Supporting Members: ECC-CWR
06/30/2014 $79,080
Zambia - Choma
Drought resistant crop diversity, animals, water and waste disposal combine with savings and credit to increase livelihoods.
Lead Member: MCC 02/28/2013 $0
Zambia - Eastern
Loans are provided for dry season agiculture inputs such as seeds and treadle pumps.
Lead Member: CRWRC 12/31/2011 $0
Zambia - Mongu
Increased food production with savings and loan groups and nutrtion education combine with engaging markets.
Lead Member: CRS 09/30/2014 $148,704