Sometimes the problems seem so huge and it is difficult to imagine quite how we can make a real difference. The important thing to remember is that by making a donation you become a partner with may other donors. Even small amounts can produce truly effective results in the field.
On the MANGRO Project,
£5 will cover the cost of 25 saplings
£6 pays for a study trip for a student to the Forest Reserve at Bhitarkanika
£10 pays for 50 copies of the Eco-clubs newsletter
£50 pays for training for 35 Self-help Group members
£250 will train 300 children in looking after their tree nurseries
£700 covers a year’s salary for one of the Mangrove Forest Worker
On the Baliga Trust Projects
£10 pays for six days training each year for schoolteachers so they are better able to give support to remedial children
£30 pays for art materials for one centre for a year
£125 will buy books for one centre’s library
£600 will cover the cost of a part-time music and drama teacher for10 centre
At the MANGRO RESOURCES CENTRE,
£5 will buy 5 books for the library
£25 will pay for a simple microscope, or a pair of sturdy binoculars
£100 will pay to run a compost-making or grafting workshop, so another ten or twelve people can take the skills back to their village and pass on what they have learnt to others
£750 will pay for the printing costs of one of our new Eco-Club Modules
On the CKD ACTION Project
£10 will pay for raising 25 saplings in a tree nursery which can then be used for a Village Forest Garden
£60 pays set up a Village Seed Bank and to train two people to look manage it
£225 will pay for training 50 farmers in improved environment-friendly methods of growing rice
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