We are part way through our Captivating Mushroom program being piloted just below Russia in Heilongjiang Province. Several of our poorest-of-the-poor families in our Heilongjiang Project 200 initiative are testing to see whether this is a sustainable income generating solution for them. Thanks to the volunteer expertise of one of the local retired school-masters, initial results are positive. The program concludes in October at which point we will know whether it has achieved profitable success. If so, it will be replicated to more families.
Lin Zhi Wei and his family were one of the recipients. They are currently working their 1,250 “bags” of mushrooms supplied by Captivating. The father of this family was badly burned several years ago and has struggled to earn sufficient income ever since. He was extremely motivated to be part of this initial pilot program and the whole family are so enthusiastic about it implementing it to the exact specifications of the training provided. Each bag provides three yields of mushrooms over a two to three month period. The mushrooms are dried by the families then purchased by a mushroom packaging company (or sold by the family at market should they choose).
This pilot program was able to move ahead thanks to a generous Australian family who has underwritten this project and our work in Heilongjiang Province. You too can get involved with Project 200. At this present time we have over 100 children in this program who are still in need of a sponsor. You can see these children at http://captivating.org/selection/sponsor. You can also read our blog on this project and watch a video about Project 200 by clicking here http://www.captivating.org/blog/category/heilongjiang-p200/
(Pictured: Above – Jianjun Bi, Captivating Project Director who oversees this Heilongjiang initiative and is responsible for the pilot project. Right – Phoenix, our on-the-ground support person, oversees this project. Below – sponsored children Hao Yuan Yuan and Li Jia Wei who’s families are also part of the mushrooms program).
Lolita smiles brightly as she shows us her stock of clothes to sell. She is one of the members of our microfinance program in the Philippines.
67 SHARES
When we first met Jemhaima and her mother, they were loitering on the streets, begging and scavenging for food from garbage cans.
22 SHARES
Our implementing team in Nepal eagerly organizes workshops at local schools to raise awareness in far-flung provinces in Nepal like Karnali.
24 SHARES
The Captivating Team in Nepal conducted a 3-day field trip to meet local municipality leaders, health professionals, and school principals to begin our program planning.
31 SHARES
Laxmi K.C is a teacher at a government school in Nepal. She is fascinated with the work of 3 Angels Nepal, and she shared that there she was not educated about human trafficking when she was in school. Fast forward today, and her eyes are opened to the many girls who fell victim...
22 SHARES
It is the new school year in Nepal and our team in Nepal is back into the swing facilitating Hamro Abhiyan programs in schools.
19 SHARES
