What the money raised by your committee is going to achieve: In the Philippines £100 - pays for a new banca (a one-person fishing boat). £200 - pays for second hand engines for eight boats. £1,200 - pays a year's salary for a community organiser. £4,000 - pays for small nets for 50 fishermen. In Ghana Training for 18 people as traditional birth attendants - £3,000 (18 people x 7 days). Donkey Traction Training for 18 people - £1,400 (9 days for 18 people). Maintenance drugs for 15 donkeys - £420. Salary for an agricultural technical officer for one year - £1,217. Motorbike - £2,097. In Honduras Every £10 raised trains a farmer how to process organic sugar. Every £100 provides instruction manuals for 23 peasant leaders to learn basic accountancy and administration. |
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