Our Captivating Village Development Program

March saw the commencement of our 2011 Village Development program.  With a focus on introducing high quality grafted Walnut saplings as a sustainable village development initiative, multiple families in Southern Gansu put their hands up to be the first to pilot this initiative.  Critical to the success of the walnuts is a successful transition from nursery to the mountainside.  Already it is evident that almost all of the saplings survived the transition and we expect many more families will benefit from this program and its training support in the coming months.

In addition, we are excited to announce that discussions have started to establish Captivating as a partner with county governments in Guizhou Province (considered the poorest Province in China).  This initiative will evolve our current program into a three year development initiative helping village’s double their income capacity in three years (ending poverty in the process for every village family).   The solutions will cover a wider variety of options from orchards, walnuts, animal husbandry and agricultural development.  Thank you everyone for supporting our village development initiatives and bringing hope to what is becoming hundreds of families and their children.