Our latest report to our initiative Providing gifts of farming inputs to farmers at Global Giving;

Dear Friend,

Warm greetings and thank you very much for your support to our initiative providing gift of farming inputs to poor farmers. In our previous work, our focus was in the provision of small garden tools, farming equipment, vegetable seeds together with technical assistance to farmers. We have shifted gears during this time and focus our support to the provision of fruit tree seedlings to farmers. Fruit trees provide income at 4 years of age and there is a perennial lack of fruit tree seedlings in the area so farmers are unable to expand their fruit tree farms. The farming system that we explained to farmers is what we call agroforestry or the mix of trees and cash crops in order for farmers to have food while the trees are growing. This reporting period we were able to distribute 300 fruit tree seedlings and we will provide more in the coming months. Again thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Cesario Sayre

 Dear Friend,

Warmest greetings and thank you very much for your support to our project providing food security and sanitation in Mindanao. In previous reports, we have focused our work in sanitation like providing latrines for poor families as well as developing water systems in far-flung areas. Our sanitation initiatives have been paused due to the Covid-19 problem and because food security has taken center stage in our work, being the most needed by the villages we are working with. This reporting period, we have shifted our effort to also include sanitation especially the building of toilets for very poor families in order to prevent the spread of diseases in the area. We champion water-based toilets as well as what we call "tree toilet" or one that do not require water and wherein when the pit is full, the farmer will be able to plant in or near it fruit or timber tree. We have started producing toilet bowls which is very much needed during this reporting period. Of course, this work is integrated to our food security initiatives which is on-going. Again thank you very much for supporting us.

Very sincerely yours,

Cesario Sayre