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Business Skills & Loan Management Training
An important part of what we do is help community members set up community banks and teach them proper loan management. Under this model, community members invest all the capital required for lending, giving ownership to the local people to choose what businesses to invest in. more
Donate to this.Animal Husbandry
Owning an animal can mean the world to a family in need. Animals are necessary for work, food, pest control, and companionship. Your donation will purchase sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, or cows and oxen for a family, based on their need. Your generous donation also covers the cost of animal training to improve the breed. more
Donate to this.Keeping a Family Together
Harsh economic and environmental conditions in poor countries force the rural poor to migrate to cities or even to other countries to find employment, breaking up families. Plant With Purpose helps keep families together by working to rehabilitate the land and create income-generating activities that help keep families intact. more
Donate to this.Bible Study Training & Materials
For many people, faith is what gives us hope in difficult times. Especially for the poor, churches and faith are an important network of support socially, economically and spiritually. Religious affiliation or involvement is never a prerequisite for Plant With Purpose programs, but it is part of our... more
Donate to this.Cistern
Donating a cistern provides a year round water supply to farmers so that they can produce crops in the dry season, increasing their income. Enabling farmers to produce year round reduces migration, helping families stay together and strengthening communities. Cisterns also save women and children fr... more
Donate to this.Clean Water
Clean, readily available water can have a dramatic impact on the lives of the rural poor. Access to clean water women and children do not have to walk a long ways to get water and can spend their time on school or starting a business. Cleaner water and sanitary latrines mean a reduced risk of dise... more
Donate to this.Clinic
Most health problems in the developing world are preventable. PWP empowers communities to have better health through better nutrition, cleaner water, and less smoke in the kitchen. We also help people to match communities to health resources such as government or nonprofit clinics. more
Donate to this.Hillside Farming
Sustainable agriculture training helps poor farmers increase their yields by restoring the environment. We teach farmers how to plant trees in and around their fields to restore soil quality, how to increase production without chemical fertilizers, and how to decrease pests... more
Donate to this.Keeping a Family Together
Harsh economic and environmental conditions in poor countries force the rural poor to migrate to cities or even to other countries to find employment, breaking up families. Plant With Purpose helps keep families together by working to rehabilitate the land and create income-generating activities that help keep families intact. more
Donate to this.Family Garden
Donating a family garden is a great way to make a huge difference in the quality of life of an entire family. The typical family garden usually provides enough for a family to feed themselves and have extra left over to sell. We teach families sustainable agriculture techniques to maximize productiv... more
Donate to this.Sustainable Agriculture Training
Sustainable agriculture training helps poor farmers increase their yields by restoring the environment. We teach farmers how to plant trees in and around their fields to restore soil quality, how to increase production without chemical fertilizers, and how to decrease pests without the use of chemic... more
Donate to this.Fuel-Efficient Stove
Fuel-efficient stoves use 50% less fuel wood than cooking over an open fire resulting in less deforestation. Because fuel-efficient stoves have chimneys, they also lead to a decrease in respiratory disease in women and children.... more
Donate to this.Microcredit Loans
Most of the rural poor are dependent on only two sources of income: agriculture and fuel wood. One bad harvest or drought can lock farmers into a self-perpetuating cycle of debt. Microcredit helps farmers start businesses that aren’t agriculturally-based so that they can reduce their dependence on... more
Donate to this.Ecological Latrine
Ecological latrines reduce ground water contamination, keeping streams clean. Cleaner water means less risk of water-born disease and disease spread by latrine pests, improving the health of a village. They take what would otherwise be hazardous waste and transform it into a valuable agricultural input... more
Donate to this.Reforestation
The poorest farmers get the worst land to farm, which usually means steep hillsides that are vulnerable to erosion. Planting trees controls erosion and improves soil fertility, which leads to increased crop productivity and income. Trees also improve water and air quality, reducing disease. ... more
Donate to this.women's empowerment
Numerous studies have shown that investing in women's education and development goes farther and accomplishes more than an equal investment in men. Evidence from micro-credit lending, for example, indicates that women have superior repayment rates, invest more productively, and... more
Donate to this.Restore a Community's Relationships
Restoring man's relationships with the environment, with God, with family, and with community are a key part of the holistic transformation we work toward at Plant With Purpose. We do this by showing farmers how to profit from the environment while restoring it, providing Bible study materials and support... more
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