Project Description
Year: 2022
Amount: € 6.500
Location: Sorong area
We asked for your support for the farmers in the Sorong area. With seeds and tools, they could not only take their business to a higher level, but also better protect their habitat. Because by increasing the value of their land, these farmers are less inclined to sell land to companies that destroy traditional living space. Consider, for example, large palm oil plantations.
In the meantime, not the planned six, but even many more farming communities have received new items. It was the choice of the people on site to share the materials with neighboring communities that were not originally part of the project plan. Initiator Avaa writes: “You can see from the enthusiasm with which the farmers started working their land that they understand and embrace the value of the project.” Avaa’s volunteers monitor progress in the fields on a weekly basis, where the first plants are already sprouting.
Donations for this project are still welcome. You can donate via this link or via NL37RABO0444072470 stating: ‘farmers Sorong’.
More about this project
Tools and seeds for 84 farmers in Sorong area
‘No farmers, no food’ is a statement that is not strange in the context of Papua. The majority of the population that does not live in the city lives from agriculture. As is often the case in Papua, local farmers need to compete against transmigrants from elsewhere. Avaa – a movement of Papuan farmers in the Sorong area – knows how to change this.
