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MALI SEED
CARAVAN: Farmers
in Mali celebrate biodiversity with a seed fair
This past November, USC's country office in Mali
&endash; USC Afrique de l'Ouest &endash; organized
a seed caravan and seed fair. About 130 farmers
from 68 villages around Mopti and Douentza in
central Mali joined a five-day caravan to travel
about 200km to a seed fair in the village of
Douentza. They exhibited a range of cultivated and
uncultivated plant samples at the fair. The fair
gave Malian farmers and USC a chance to celebrate
farmers' ingenuity and the crop diversity
fundamental to a stable food supply system.
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"Genesis Initiative" and its Impact on
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Do
you remember the friendly face on the left?
am Francis Kamau, I run a charitable organization
known as Happy Nairobi Kids that caters
for orphans and needy children in Nairobi.
(Children Home) I would kindly appeal to you to
kindly come to our rescue we are facing a very
tough and difficult situation, we are lacking most
of the basic essentials, e.g. Cooking oil,
beans, vegetables, sugar, salt, maize and wheat
flour, rice, bar soap, toiletries etc. It is even
sadder that its end month and we are yet to pay the
premises rent. Which is Ksh 10000 per month kindly
assist us where you can? We also have a
child sponsorship program where one can choose a
child to sponsor Kindly donate to us anything you
deem appropriate, your assistance will be highly
appreciated. Thanks and looking forward for your
early response.
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