Mama Gloria and the Farm Tractor Operators:
This campaign plans to raise funds to empower a widow and her only surviving crippled child out of her four kids in a remote Agbelouve community in the Republic of Togo, West Africa.
She currently does labor work for other farmers for less than $1 for a 12 hour-day to survive, because she has been denied a farm of her own even from the late husband's kinsmen.
We will acquire, plough and prepare two hectres of farm land with farm tractor to empower her as a pilot project for widows in the community.
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Mama Gloria et les opérateurs de tracteurs agricoles:
Cette campagne prévoit de collecter des fonds pour autonomiser une veuve et son seul enfant handicapé survivant sur ses quatre enfants dans une communauté isolée d'Agbelouve dans la République du Togo, en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Elle travaille actuellement pour d'autres paysans pour moins de 1 dollar par jour pour survivre, parce qu'elle s'est vu refuser une ferme, même de la part du parent du défunt mari.
Nous achèterons, labourerons et préparerons deux hectares de terres agricoles avec un tracteur de ferme afin de la responsabiliser en tant que projet pilote pour les veuves de la communauté.
VISION
Our vision is to be the light for those in spiritual darkness, by impacting, changing peoples’ lives and restoring destinies and hope through the power in the word of God.
MISSION
Our mission is reaching out to communities in their basic needs for their well being, enhancing lives and maximizing their God given potentials.
Building Our Communities
Benis-Agri Togo our local partner NGO is established to address the improved production, post-harvest processing & storage, marketing & even export as well as environmental (weather, drought and water) risk issues for farmers and food security in the country. A transformation agenda from small-scale subsistence farms to mechanized, more commercially viable farms is a consensus mandate we are bringing to remote farming communities in Francophone West Africa starting with the Republic of Togo.
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Youth Training
Our extensive grass-root consultative meetings like the ones held at Afagnan Kpetsou, Kara, Agome glazou, Yalla-Akebou, Agbelouve, Blitta, Ewe and Kouve revealed that the farmers do not wish their youths to go through the same hard labour with little returns to show for their farming efforts. Our project will encourage the youths to learn about farm tractors and modern hands-on agricultural practices. There will be in-class and field hands-on training in our demonstration farms for the youths.
Social Impact
The project will have positive social impact on the livelihood of youths, women and the communities. There will be gainful employment, increased food production, expansion in agricultural value chain to include processing, storage, marketing and even exports.