Income from a TeleFood-funded coop in Madagascar helped Meltine Ravaonalsolo buy ducks and rice seed. [FAO/M. Longari]
Natalie Felix, 18, Dominican Republic
The family of 18-year-old Natalie Felix raises chickens with the help of a TeleFood project in the Dominican Republic. [FAO/G. Bizzarri]
Aynur Çabuk, 13, Turkey
At a boarding school in Turkey, 13-year-old Aynur Çabuk enjoys fresh strawberries from her school's TeleFood garden. [FAO/A. Vitale]
Waël Abdessalam, 17, Egypt
17-year-old Waël Abdessalam breeds rabbits in a battery funded by TeleFood in Egypt. With the profits he has bought three goats. [FAO/A. Vitale]
Manisa Ranarijaona, 11, Madagascar
11-year-old Manisa Ranarijaona and his classmates in Madagascar enjoy peaches and bananas from a TeleFood school garden.
[FAO/M. Longari]
K.V. Leelasekara, 56, Sri Lanka
K.V. Leelasekara in Sri Lanka grows herbs and dries them with a TeleFood solar herb dryer. With the proceeds, he sends his daughters to university. [Geert van Kesteren/Magnum Photos for FAO]
Rashad Sayed, 46, Egypt
In Egypt, Rashad Sayed sells organic vegetables from her TeleFood rooftop garden to pay for one child's schooling. [FAO/A. Vitale]
Dayangani Rajapaksha, 40, Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, eggs from a TeleFood-funded chicken coop help pay
for medicines for Dayangani Rajapaksha's handicapped father. [Geert van Kesteren/Magnum Photos for FAO]
Ana Nelida Herasme Ferreras, 48, Dominican Republic
Ana Nelida Herasme Ferreras is part of a women's TeleFood project in the Dominican Republic that makes and markets a spicy vegetable sauce. [FAO/G. Bizzarri]
بناء التضامن للقضاء على الجوع في العالم
أثرت مبادرة تليفود التي أطلقتها منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة عام 1997 حياة العديد من البشر في البلدان النامية والبلدان التي تمر بمرحلة التحول.
وقد ساعد صندوق تليفود الخاص الأسر ومجتمعات صغار المزارعين على إنتاج المزيد من الغذاء وتوليد الدخل لتحسين سبل الحصول على الأغذية ، وذلك من خلال تمويل مشروعات صغيرة النطاق توجه لهذه الفئات.
وقد حققت حملة تبرعات تليفود أكثر من 29 مليون دولار لتمويل نحو 3200 مشروع في 130 بلدا حول العالم.
Madagascar – With TeleFood school garden projects more children are attending classes, eating better and even learning a few farming tricks.
Dominican Republic- A young student describes her daily life in rural Dominican Republic and how FAO's TeleFood programme is helping the community. Although it is a major agricultural area, it is going through difficult times because of the collapse of the sugar industry.
