13. WHY do the kids there need our help? The people in the villages don’t have a lot of money to build schools Some of the schools don’t have desks or blackboards, and the kids’ families can’t afford to buy school supplies
45. Make a 6” deep hole in the ground in the area where the ants have been eating the roots of the plants. Put the container in the soil, and cover the top with a lid.
46. In only 24 hours, the ants will have entered the pot through the holes in the side and have eaten most of the fish! There will be lots of tiny ants in the pot. Carefully remove the pot from the ground and destroy the ants by burning them or drowning them in water.
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48. We’ll continue raising money for more school supplies, books, posters and things that make learning FUN. 3
55. Thank you for all the different ways you’re supporting Fertile Ground’s work in Assam!
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Editor's Notes
pointing out where we’re working in Assam in relation to Delhi
Fertile Ground set up to promote organic farming in Assam
Pesticides are commonly used in tea, and people are starting to use them on their food crops.
Soil was terrible, but people from the neighbourhood came and helped to remove the debris and clean up the garbage
What the garden looks like today – babu and soumen making compost right in the beds. Soil’s a lot better, lots of organic vegetables are being grown
Pompy and kel gave out books and school supplies at the singpho school
We also helped repair an old building that the community wanted to fix up to make into a school where the kids could learn in their own language – Singpho language. Singpho has been identified as an “endangered language” – just like many First Nations’ languages here on the coast.
With money that we raised, a new wooden roof was built
New doors and windows, painted, a new roof
Formal inauguration of the event took place in September. Two FG volunteers were there - Rhianna Walz from Cumberland and her mom Jude from Australia
Most of the funding for this school garden project is coming from Rotary - Chip Ross from one of the local clubs – and clubs in this district (Vancouver island and north part of Washington state.)
