The model farm in Laguna, Philippines was a month-old operation when I visited it with the directors of Goducate in August. Its purpose is to demonstrate to the poor to produce vegetables for their own consumption. The first thought that came to mind, as I listened to the Goducate … … Read More
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In my travels through Asia, I am saddened by the poor nourishment of many Asian children. My training as a doctor helps me to pick up signs of malnourishment (eg. under-sized children, late maturity, general lethargy) in almost every Asian country – whether rural or urban. The average traveler … … Read More A few days ago, our team of workers struck good cool water when we dug a 30 meter deep well in our model farm in Laguna, Philippines (2 hours south of Manila airport). Yesterday, the first load of building materials were delivered to build the little farm house. There … … Read More Last week, our Goducate workers and Goducate volunteers finished installing a hand-pump water system for our model-farm in Laguna, Philippines. (For those city-dwellers who get water from a tap and have never used a hand-pump to get water, a hand-pump water system is one which has a lever that … … Read More So far our Goducate workers have been able to produce large quantities of quality organic fertilizer from unwanted grass and vegetation using our hard-working earthworms (African night crawlers). Hard working worms However, the price that our workers get from the buyers of organic fertilizer is low. This problem … … Read More |
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