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Small projects go a long way
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Fish smoking ovens in Mali
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Spice production in Nepal
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Silos in Bolivia
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Fruit growers in Armenia, women’s groups in Bolivia, farm families in Cambodia, fish smokers in Mali, spice growers in Nepal and beginner beekeepers in Samoa are just some of the world's food providers who are benefiting from the TeleFood initiative.
Right now almost 800 million people around the world go to sleep hungry because they do not have access to enough food to feed themselves. The goal of TeleFood is "Food for All" -- emphasizing that all people have the right to the food they need to lead healthy and productive lives.
"We are not giving people food, but the means to grow it themselves, to achieve their own food security and become independent of aid," says Jacques Diouf, FAO's Director-General.
More than 1 000 microprojects all over the world, in developing countries and countries in transition, are financed by the TeleFood Fund. Although small in scale and cost, TeleFood projects make a significant impact. In Uganda school lunches were minimal at the Kisowera Primary School until TeleFood donations enabled the students to create a schoolyard vegetable and fruit garden. In the poor southern provinces of Bolivia farmers sleep better at night knowing their crops are safely stored in metal silos, saving them up to 40 percent of their harvest. Unemployed women and out-of-school youths in Cotabato, the Philippines, have learned to increase crop yields with organic and bio-intensive farming techniques. These are just a few examples of the small self-contained agriculture, animal and fish production projects providing farmers and fishers with much-needed cash to pay for the basic necessities of life.
Half of the TeleFood funds collected go to projects involving women and young people.
Thousands of people around the world have generously contributed
more than US$ 9 million to TeleFood since its inception. No
money is diverted for administrative costs; all donations go to
support small, self-sustaining projects in hungry communities.
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