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Recent history of Mali
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Green Desert Initiative phase II, Mali, 2022-2025
This is the Turing Foundation's second donation towards the Green Desert Initiative of Partners Pays-Dogon. The first projects supported by Turing were focused on countering environmental degradation: planting trees, planting Euphorbia on dunes to stabilise them, preventing erosion using dams made of sandbags, making agreements with farmers to protect areas from tree felling, trees on farmers' fields, tree nurseries, wood-saving ovens, teaching people how to harvest wood without killing trees - everything to kickstart regeneration. Restoration is still the core of the Green Desert Initiative; it has been expanded over the years with projects focused on food supply - in this region that is dependent on natural conditions. Market and school gardens, coupled with education, are used to disseminate ecological techniques amongst the people; nurseries not only help restoration but increase economic activity. The Turing Foundation is contributing €150,000 for three years. Turing's contribution has enabled various subprojects to be implemented, creates continuity for the local organisation and expands the impact of past achievements.
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 Green Desert Initiative phase II, Mali |
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Forest Gardens, Mali, 2021-2023
Trees for the Future aims to alleviate small-scale farmers' poverty and hunger by helping them revitalise land and plant trees. The organisation developed the forest garden approach by which a farmer develops an area of 0.5 hectare into an agroforestry area. It will help 500 farmers in Mali set up a forest garden over the next three years. The farmers will be given intensive training in cultivation, sustainable farming techniques and materials such as seeds and tools with which to grow plants. Each area will have a living fence installed, consisting of three rows of plants and trees (2,000 in total) to protect livestock and prevent erosion. In this enclosure the farmers will plant another 1,000 fruit, nut and leafy trees, as well as food crops such as tomatoes, onions, cabbages and peppers. A total of 250 hectares of degraded land will become more productive and richer in biodiversity and 500 farming families' incomes will be increased. The Turing Foundation is contributing €40,000 towards this project (of which, €20,000 in 2023).  Forest Gardens, Mali |
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Educating and mentoring l'AMI language specialists, Pays Dogon, Mali, 2019-2022
The Partners Pays-Dogon organisation facilitates projects that contribute to regional development in the Dogon country. The Turing Foundation is already supporting a nature conservation project that aims to prevent destruction and stimulate greening in the area and supported this educational project in an earlier phase. Together with their local partner ADI, they introduced the active and child-centred teaching method l'AMI at 42 primary schools. They now want to strengthen this by training 42 'expert teachers' to become self-confident language specialists. They will train other teachers in this method and oversee them to ensure they apply it properly in lessons. The training course takes place annually with refresher days twice a year to refresh the teachers' knowledge and skills. There is a great deal of interest in this project, and there are also other activities to introduce this method to the Malian teacher training course. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 60,000 towards this project (of which, € 10,000 in 2022).
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 Educating and mentoring language specialists l'AMI, Pays Dogon, Mali |
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Play for the Advancement of Quality Education, Mali, 2021
Right to Play was founded in 2000 by Johann Olav Koss. Having witnessed the importance of play for children during a trip to war-ravaged Eritrea in 1993, he started providing children with sports and play equipment. The organisation has integrated elements of play into solid educational programmes, as in this project. It wants to introduce game-based teaching methods at 200 schools in four regions in Mali, which will enhance the learning of 69,000 children. It works closely with government and local organisations that train 1,200 primary school teachers and teacher trainers. Life-skill teaching methods strengthen the teacher-student relationship, which improves the learning environment. Right To Play also develops reading material and organises activities so that children read outside school hours. The Turing Foundation is contributing €20,000 towards this project in 2021. See also: Other teacher training projects  Right to Play, Developing Teaching and Learning Materials for Literacy |
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Restoring Koulikoro, Mali, 2019-2022
Tree Aid helps villagers in arid areas of Africa unlock the potential of trees to combat poverty and protect nature. The Turing Foundation supported one of their regreening projects in Mali in the period 2016-2018, with good results. With its local partner Association for the Development and Promotion and Training Activities (ADAF/Gallé), Tree Aid is restoring 2,000 ha of degraded land by planting trees and promoting natural regeneration. In close collaboration with the community, they are setting up two nurseries and will eventually plant 14,000 saplings. Farmers are being trained in better land management techniques, such as protecting shoots, better pruning techniques, erosion resistant stone walls and water management. Wood-saving ovens and vegetable gardens are expected to reduce pressure on the ecosystem. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 105,000 towards this project (of which € 25,000 in 2021).
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 Restoring Koulikoro, Mali |
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Green Desert Initiative, Pays Dogon, Mali, 2018-2020
The Partners Pays Dogon foundation (PPD) , in collaboration with its local implementing organisation Association Dogon Initiative, is committed to helping the Dogon, an ethnic group that lives around the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali. They endeavour to improve the quality of life for the Dogon with projects in the fields of education, desert greening, water, women, health and culture. In this project PPD wants to stimulate the natural vegetation growing on the Sahel soils by means of landscape zoning in order to reverse land degradation, decrease erosion and increase soil fertility. Natural windbreaks and planting 27ha of bushes a year helps stabilise dunes and enables water to sink into the ground. Forest zones are being created and fenced off from grazing cattle, 30 farmers grow ten trees every two years with the tools they have been provided with, and women establish food gardens where they learn to cultivate a variety of crops. The Turing Foundation is contributing €94,000 towards this project (of which, €30,000 in 2020).
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 Green Desert Initiative, Pays Dogon, Mali |
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Green jobs in Mali: supporting job creation through waste management, Mali, 2020
The Norwegian Strømme Foundation combats poverty in eleven countries in West and East Africa and Asia by strengthening civil society, promoting education and improving livelihoods. The Turing Foundation supported their successful speed school programme (accelerated learning for older children) in Niger. In Mali Strømme has been working with the local organisation APSM since 2014 and together they have opened many speed schools, literacy centres and two vocational training centres in San in the Segou region and elsewhere. In 2020 they are setting up a plastic waste processing unit that will be a training place, create jobs and combat environmental pollution. Twenty young people will be taught the processing method and 200 women will be suppliers. The waste will be used to make school desks and benches for new school places. Given the supply of plastic and demand for furniture, Strømme expects to open new units after the first year. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 40,000 towards this project.
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 The riverbank of the Niger river, Bamako, Mali |
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Teacher Training - Meaningful Language Skills, Dogon area, Mali, 2016-2019
A consortium of motivated organisations, including Partners Pays Dogon (PPD), provides assistance to the Dogon region. Together with its local partner Association Dogon Initiative (ADI), PPD is improving the quality of education at 45 schools by implementing the active and child-centred teaching method 'l'AMI'. The l'AMI approach works well in the local context and the topics fit with children's perceptions, so the teaching material is absorbed better. Forty teachers a year are trained how to use the method. Fifteen 'expert teachers' are being trained to guide other teachers on-the-job. The Turing Foundation is contributing €45,000 towards this initiative, of which €10,000 in 2019.
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 Teacher Training Language Skills, 2015 |
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Environmentally friendly farming using best practice videos, Benin, Mali en Kenia, 2018-2019
Biovision African Trust (BvAT) was founded in 2009 by the Biovision Foundation Switzerland. Both organisations combat poverty and improve living conditions by disseminating information and knowledge about better - organic - farming methods. One of BvAT's programmes is the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative which aims to make organic agriculture mainstream in Africa. Best practice videos are an effective way of increasing the adoption of environmentally friendly and productive agricultural techniques. Sustainable methods are demonstrated in a simple video and explained in an easily understandable way to a large group of farmers and other stakeholders. Collaborating with farmers, BvAT is making ten English and French-language videos in Mali, Benin and Kenya. This will enable at least 5,000 farmers to apply environmentally friendly farming techniques on their land. The Turing Foundation is contributing €46,000 towards this project.
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 Duurzamere landbouw middels best practices video's, Benin, Mali en Kenia |
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Regreening projects, Mopti to Segou, Mali, 2015-2018
Tree Aid helps villagers in arid areas in Africa unlock the potential of trees to combat poverty and protect nature. Together with local conservation organisations, such as the Malian Association for the Conservation of Wildlife and the Environment (AMCFE), Tree Aid wants to work via subprojects in order to green a 400 km long corridor between Mopti and Segou. This subproject involves nearly 1,000 farmers in 15 villages in the municipalities Samine and Sakoiba. Farmers learn to manage their land better, which increases tree density per hectare and improves agricultural productivity and soil quality. The Turing Foundation is contributing €125,000 towards this next phase in the green corridor in Mali (of which, €35,000 in 2018).
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 Villagers planting trees in Mopti region, Mali |
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Accelerated educational programme for 900 children in Ménaka district, Mali, 2015-2016
Netherlands Refugee Foundation (Stichting Vluchteling) gives refugees emergency aid, supports repatriation and helps with reconstruction, including in the field of education. Unrest in Ménaka in northern Mali has deprived 8,000 children of education. The project's Accelerated Learning Programme is enabling 900 children to learn the course material they have missed in a short time and then to participate in regular education in the 2015-16 academic year. 210 members of school management committees are being trained and supported to perform their role well, 30 learning centres have been made available by the communities and 30 teachers are being trained to be able to give these children the learningNetherlands Refugee Foundation programme. The Turing Foundation contributes €50,000 for project materials and training. See also: Other teacher training projects  Accelerated learning programme for 900 children in the district of Ménaka, Mali |
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Construction of a technical school in Kambila, Mali, 2010-2014
The Mali Foundation, in association with its local partner Solisa, will set up a basic technical school to provide some prospect beside primary education in an area where there is no secondary education whatsoever. The object is to school underprivileged youths for trades that are needed in the area. Trainings will consist of 3, 6, and 12-month modules. The Turing Foundation will contribute € 40.000 in 2010 for the construction of the technical school.
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 Progress at the building site of the technical school, Kambila, Mali, January 2012 |
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Material for female vocational school, Bandiagara, Mali, 2014-2015
Tools to Work revises quality goods in the Netherlands and passes on its knowledge so local communities can revise and maintain them themselves. In doing so, they provide tools and machines (computers, bicycles, sewing and knitting machines, and woodworking tools) for small businesses and vocational education centres in developing countries. Tools to Work will be providing 120 bicycles and 30 sewing machines and complementary tool sets for a female vocational school in Bandiagara (built with help of the Turing Foundation). The donation will allow 100 women to learn how to make and fix clothes and make a living that way. On top of that, 14 women will be trained to revise and maintain the machinery and tools, which will earn them money as well. The Turing Foundation will contribute € 20,000 for revision and shipment of the bicycles and sewing machines, as well as for the local training.
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 Women's vocational school, Bandiagara, Mali |
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Switch to sustainable cotton production, Mali, 2011-2012
Mali is the largest producer of cotton in Western Africa. Cotton is a good source of income, but it's extremely harmful to the environment. In a pilot phase, 4,000 farmers switched to sustainable cotton farming that meets the international "Better Cotton Criteria'. In the long run, this will prove enormously beneficial to nature. For the second phase, Solidaridad and local organisation AProCa want to have another 21,000 farmers make the switch to sustainable cotton production. For the project's second phase, the Turing Foundation contributes € 100,000 (of which € 50,000 in 2012).  Cotton farmer outside Fana, Mali |
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Communal management of grazing land and forest restoration in Ségou, Mali, 2009-2011
The agricultural region Ségou frequently suffers from food shortages caused by the exhaustion of agricultural and grazing land. Forests are chopped down for fire wood and frequently disputes arise about the scarce wells and between nomadic herdsmen and landowners. In order to stop the advancing desert, this project teaches the local population to grow their own trees for replanting or for sale, wells are being dug for the livestock and trees are being planted, such as the baobab that is threatened with extinction. In order to restore the ecological balance, at least 50 hectares of forest are to be planted every year. In addition, members of the local authority and other people involved are trained in communal environmental management. The Turing Foundation supports the Malian organisation ALPHALOG through the development organisation ICCO with € 110,000, of which € 30.000 in 2011, the final year of the project. ALPHALOG collaborates with the Malian Turing partners OMAES, AMSS and GRAT.
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 Reforestation of desertified soil. Turing project visit, November 2010 |
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Protection of natural resources in Timbuktu, Mali, 2009-2011
In ten villages in the Timbuktu region primarily women will be trained in organic market gardening and small livestock farming and in the use of wood-saving ovens. One hundred of the poorest women in these villages will receive a micro credit for 2 goats, 1 male and one female, and seed to grow fodder for the animals. Two hectares of forest will be planted per village. To accomplish this, the villagers are provided with seed, and they are trained in growing trees for their own use and for sale. The establishment of an agreement on protecting the environment between various local authorities forms the basis of this project (Conventions Locales). This is even a resolutive condition for receiving this grant. The Turing Foundation supports the Malian organisation AMSS through the development organisation ICCO with € 106,000 (€ 30.000 in the final year 2011). AMSS collaborates with the Malian Turing partners OMAES, ALPHALOG and GRAT. See also: ICCO: other projects  Family garden, Turing project visit, November 2010 |
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Construction and equipment of a Vocational Training Centre, Bamako, Mali, 2009-2011
The Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (SKN) is building a new vocational centre at the heart of the Malinese capital Bamako, together with the local organisation ENDA Mali. The centre will offer one- and multi-year vocational training programmes in the field of wood- and metalworking, car mechanics, shoemaking, fabric dyeing, et cetera. The Turing Foundation contributed € 40,000 in 2009 to the construction and equipment of this new vocational centre, which hopes to open its doors in September 2010.
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 Progress at the building site, Turing project visit, November 2010 |
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Sustainable management of the forest of Koubaye, Mali, 2009-2011
This project aims to protect and restore 7,700 km2 of forest by making environmental agreements between the authorities of four local communities. Environmental education will be given to 8,000 adults and children. A thousand wood-saving ovens will distributed and village blacksmiths will be taught how to produce them. The local people will also be trained in growing trees, both for replanting in the forest and for sale. Women will be trained in organic market gardening (seed will also be made available) and livestock farming (micro credits will be given for goats, male and female). GRAT will also dig 15 wells. The Turing Foundation supports the Malian organisation GRAT through the development organisation ICCO (a total sum of € 63,500). The project runs from 2009 until mid 2011. GRAT collaborates with the Malian Turing partners OMAES, ALPHALOG and AMSS. See also: ICCO: other projects  Women using wood-saving ovens. Turing project visit, November 2010 |
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Construction of a school for elementary and secondary education, Djenné, Mali, 2010-2013
The Djenné Foundation focuses on education, the arts, and culture in the city of Djenné, Mali. In close cooperation with the local NGO community and the educational institutions, the foundation wants to set up an exemplary school that offers both elementary and secondary education for a total of 300 children. Education will be bilingual (Bambara and French) and classes will consist of no more than 50 students. Teachers will be trained yearly. The school's vocational training will consist of short courses (textile-, wood- and metalworking). The Turing Foundation contributes € 20,000 for the realization of the school that is to open its doors in 2011.
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 Progress of construction, July 2012, Djenné, Mali |
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Construction of a vocational school for women, Bandiagara, Mali, 2010-2011
The Women and Labour Market Foundation (VAM) is a center of expertise for women's vocational schools. The foundation wants to keep the idea of women's vocational schools alive by offering short, part-time trainings, individual coaching, follow-up and day care. In Bandiagara, Mali, VAM works closely with the local NGO community and educational authorities to set up a vocational school for women aged fifteen and over. A total of 150 women will be trained every year, as well as coached in their quest for work, or with the start of their own business. The Turing Foundation contributes € 30,000 for the school's construction, the first courses of which will start in March of 2011.
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 Women's vocational school, Bandiagara, Mali |
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Modern Teaching Equipment for vocational training centre CPMA, Bamako, Mali, 2010-2011
The Centre Professionel Mécanique Auto (CPMA) for vocational training in car engineering, will be expanding with a four-year degree at Brevet de Technicien level (standard technician's certificate). To that end, PUM will provide training on modern car engineering for teachers and development of a new curriculum. Additionally, the school is in need of modern teaching equipment. In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute € 35,500 for the purchase of modern teaching equipment.
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 CPMA Vocational training, Bamako, Turing project visit, November 2010 |
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Preservation of Natural Resources, Timbuktu, Mali, 2009-2010
Because of years of draught and a fast population growth, the natural vegetation of the Timbuktu region is under pressure. Because of this, important sources of income for the local population are threatened to be lost. The Dutch development organisation ICCO and the Malinese organisation OMAES are running a project in 10 villages in this region in North Mali, which offers alternative sources of income to the women of the 15 poorest households in each village (market gardening and durable small live stock holding) including training. The Turing Foundation contributes € 100,000 to this project (€ 30.000,- in 2010). See also: ICCO: other projects  Timbuktu region, Mali |
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Sustainable management of wetlands around Lake Doro, Mali, 2010-2011
The Malinese organisation DONKO aims to improve the sustainable management of Lake Doro and the adjacent tidal areas in the province of Kayes, in the most Western part of Mali. This area is both economically and biologically of great importance. The project area has 9500 inhabitants, living in 8 villages: farmers, cattle breeding nomads and fishermen. In the previous phase of the project several crucial arrangements have been successfully laid down in management agreements with the many users of this area (amongst whom fishermen, farmers, shepherds and foresters). Moreover, investments have been made in sustainable vegetable cultivation, and in more sustainable fishing and forestation methods. The next phase of this project focuses on a further development of alternative sources of income for 300 women by the creation of vegetable gardens, reforestation of 26 hectares of land and by increasing the environmental awareness in school children. In 2010, the Turing Foundation provides funding for this project via IUCN NL, donating € 33,000.
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 Vegetable gardens near the wetlands around Lake Doro, Mali |
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Construction and equipment of a primary school in Balandougou, Mali, 2009
The Dutch Mali Foundation and its regular Malinese partner Solisa support the local people in the hills surrounding the city of Bamako, and seek, among others, to set up primary education for both boys and girls. In 2007 and 2008 the Turing Foundation financed the construction of several schools by the foundation. The current project is the construction of a primary school in Balandougou, using the same concept as before (3 classrooms, furniture, educational materials, latrines, and a sports field). With € 20,000 the Turing Foundation covers roughly half the building and furnishing costs of the new school.
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 Old situation in Balandougou, Mali |
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Construction of a primary school in N'goro, Mali, 2008-2009
The Dutch Mali Foundation and its permanent Malinese partner Solisa together support the community living in the hills around the town of Bamako in Mali, and try to set up institutions of primary education, for both boys and girls. On an earlier occasion, the Turing Foundation already financed the construction of a school by this foundation. This time, the Mali Foundation constructs a primary school for 300 pupils in the village of N'goro, Mali, in accordance with the concept used before (including three classrooms, school furniture, teaching materials, latrines and a sports field). By donating € 25,000, the Turing Foundation finances approximately two thirds of the costs of construction and equipment for this new school.
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 School children in front of the new building, Turing project visit, November 2010 |
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School Books for Developing Countries, 2007-2008
The Read to Grow Foundation collects English language recreational and school books and sends them to village schools in developing countries where books and information are scarce. Read to Grow operates more and more successfully in the Netherlands and the UK. The Turing Foundation contributes € 32,000 in 2007 and 2008 to propagate the Read to Grow concept in other European countries.
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 Books for Tokokoe, Ghana |
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Construction of a school in Kenenkou, Mali, 2007-2008
The Dutch Mali Foundation and its permanent Malinese partner Solisa together support the population living in the hills around the city of Bamako in Mali. One of their projects is the construction of a secondary school in the village of Kenenkou, which will accommodate 200 to 300 pupils. The only educational institute within a few hours' traveling distance is a dilapidated primary school, where 350 children now receive primary education in no more than three classrooms. With a contribution of € 35,000, the Turing Foundation sponsors the complete building and the equipment of the new school.
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 The new school in Mali, donated by the Turing Foundation |
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Sustainable management of wetlands around Lake Doro, Mali, 2007-2009
IUCN Nederland joins forces with the Malinese organisation DONKO to coordinate the sustainable management of Lake Doro and adjacent tidal areas in South-West Mali. 9,500 people live in eight villages within the project region: farmers, cattle-breeding nomads and fishermen. Efforts are being made to make these people and the local authorities aware of the importance of sustainable nature conservation, and to help them to reach mutual agreements to that end. The people are supported in tapping alternative sources of income, for example by the contribution of material and knowledge in the field of sustainable vegetable growing, sustained fishing and tree planting. The Turing Foundation finances this project, which runs until July 2009 (€ 44,000).
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 Sustainable vegetable growing |
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