Block H Reliable Seed and Market Program

Increasing supply of and access to food

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FUNDING NEEDED

Raised: $200 Goal: $4184

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Project Vitals

Name:: Block H Reliable Seed and Market Program

Location:: Meheba Refugee Settlement, Zambia

Category:: Economic Development

Budget:: $4184 (see details)

Goal:: To develop a reliable system to deliver seeds to farmers so that they may begin cultivating at the appropriate time, and to organize a successful market for the community to buy and sell goods.

Block H in Meheba Refugee Settlement is composed mainly of farmers. In trying to support themselves and their families, these farmers depend on a reliable output from their crops. However, they have struggled in the past to obtain the seeds they need on time, resulting in disastrous losses in food supply and income. Further, even the crops they managed to produce were difficult to sell, as there has been no market near Block H. Given these challenges, the Block H community was determined to develop a project that both delivers seeds to farmers on time and ensures that they have a viable place to sell their goods. This project, one of the first planned and executed entirely by the refugees themselves, promises to increase the livelihood of Block H farmers while supplying other citizens of Block H with healthy, fresh foods to supplement their diets.