Student-led community action plan created and presented during an Ambassador Leadership Summit in 2018 at Harvard University.

3. Our Mission
Our mission is to address the problems of hunger,
malnutrition, and unemployment globally.
If you give a man a carrot, he will be fed for a day. But if you
TEACH a man to farm, he will be fed for a lifetime.

5. Our Partnerships
• US Aid
• Sustainable Harvest International
• Feeding Around the World
• Feeding India
• Feeding America
• Cornell University
• Starbucks

6. Advertising
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/tenafly.k12.nj.us/crossroots/
• Social media: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
- In order for Crossroots, to become acknowledged
throughout the world, we started social media pages for
people to follow our progress, and plans.
-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cross.roots.35
-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crossroots_organization/

7. Our Plan
Cross root care packages will contain everything needed to grow
healthy vegetables.
1. It will contain four kinds of healthy vegetables, with five seed of
each kind
2. It will contain visual instructions on how to make the compost, how
to plant the vegetables, and the proper watering schedules.
3. Last it will be shipped in an aluminum can which can be used for
storing seeds, or for a container to water your plants.

8. Hunger Facts
Globally
• Who suffers?
• 815 million people suffer worldwide
• Why do they suffer?
• Poverty: 767 million people are living in poverty
• In the US alone 14% of Americans Households were “food insecure”
• 283,700 people receive emergency food each year
• 11.3% (805 mil) of the world population is hungry

9. Malnutrition Facts
• Malnutrition is caused by a deficiency of nutrients in the body.
• Who is it effecting?
• Affects 815 million people out of 7.5 million
• ⅓ of all child deaths (2.6 million) are caused by malnutrition
How can we help if this problem
• Teaching people how to grow healthy, organic vegetables full of fiber,
protein, vitamins, and supplements.

10. Package Content
Our packages will contain all of the components needed to start
growing your own food, and instructions on how to start.
Materials
1. 4 different kinds of vegetables ( 5 seeds of each)
2. Visual step by step instructional pamphlet
3. Aluminum can for packaging, which also be used as a container
to water your plants.

11. Growing Options
Dry Climates
• Swiss chard (40 day harvest)
• Cabbage (70 days)
• Sweet potatoes (90 days)
• Lima beans (90 days)
Tropical/Humid Climates
• Radishes (21 days)
• Chinese cabbage (35 days)
• Sweet potatoes (90 days)
• Spinach (60-90 days)

12. Pictures are Worth a Thousand Words
• Around the world people are not as fortunate to be able to read and
write
• This is why we will include a pamphlet the shows visuals
• The instruction book will include step by step instructions on how to:
• Make your own fertilizer
• Grow healthy plants
• Harvest seeds for future generations

13. Compost• Materials to use:
◦ Fruit and vegetable scraps
◦ Eggshells
◦ Coffee grounds
◦ Grass and plant clippings
◦ Manure
• Materials not to use:
◦ Feces of human, sheep, cats, dogs, etc.
◦ Anything containing meat, oil, fat, and grease
◦ Dairy products

14. Goals
• How?
• Care packages will contain seeds to grow food
• Visual step by step instruction pamphlet on how to garden and care
for your plant
• Information for a source potential income
• Empowerment of Entrepreneurship
Our plan will help tackle hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and
unemployment.

15. Total Costs
• Seeds (approx. 1,000): $1,000.00
• Pamphlets (500): $210.00
• Tin Cans (500): $329.34
• Total package (bulk of 500): $1,602.34
• Per package: $3.20

16. How Will We Pay the Cost ?
1. Fundraising in local community
2. Recycling around the community
3. Donations, sponsors, and partners

17. Any questions ?