Jump over to Marrar Ag n Chat's blog to see what we've been up to this year, and what charities we've been supporting.
Our main one is lending to Kiva to distribute microfinance loans to women in agriculture in Africa. We are currently financing two loans.
Faith - a tea grower from Kenya
Millicent and her group - maize growers from Kenya
Last year we also decided to donate money to the Birthing Kit Foundation (Australia) to buy supplies for these very important kits. The kits are then distributed to developing countries to help reduce the number of deaths attributed to pregnancy and childbirth - "every 90 seconds a woman dies of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth". For less than a cup of coffee you can buy all the supplies needed for one kit - a plastic sheet, soap, 2 gloves, sterile scalpel blade, 3 cords and 5 gauze squares. Funds are also made available for training women on how to use the kits.
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