Dear All
The following links may be of help-

CLOTHES

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Email - info@humana.at
http://www.humana.at/
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Email - info@pajamaprogram.org
http://www.pajamaprogram.org/
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FOOD

questions@foodfororphans.org
www.foodfororphans.org/what.php
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Contact Details - http://ricebowls.org/contact/
info@ricebowls.org
http://ricebowls.org/
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info@orphansinneed.org
www.orphansinneed.org/
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Regards,
Sushmita,
India

Self-supported Schools Training Self-supported Students

Ag Workshops: USA: TX, MS, FL, CA, AR, NM, WA; México, Rep. Dominicana, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria,
Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Haití, England, Nicaragua, India, Uzbekistan. South Africa [2011], Indonesia [2012]

minifarms@gmail,com,

Education is the only solution to poverty and population growth

A CD holds 650 MB. The Bible is 1.4 MB. Therefore, a CD holds 464 copies of the Bible. A DVD holds 3,000 copies of the Bible. A dual layer DVD holds 6,000 copies of the Bibles. A video DVD holds 10 hours of video and a dual layer video DVD holds 20 hours of video. Just imagine what would happen if every school in the bush of Africa, the jungles of Latin America and the mountains of Asia had a computer and DVD library to use for teaching and training.

DVDs should be loaded with educational materials: books, videos, Bible studies, etc. The internet is not necessary and is expensive in some areas. People can study for hours on a computer [home, office, cybercafé, etc] using DVDs. 7B people on earth and 2B cannot read [400M in India. 2M in the USA] but they can be educated using video/audio DVDs. Use HTTrack website copier [free] to download websites into computers and on to DVDs.
All computers and laptops operate, internally, on 12 v. Those without electricity use a computer, internally altered, to operate directly on 12 v. from a battery with a solar charger [email for instructions] or a pedal-powered generator. This opens up a whole new way to teach. Thousands of DVDs are available on hundreds of subjects and many are free.

Nations University, nationsu.org: University courses for degrees. Arabic, Chinese, English, Español, Farsi, Français, Portugués. Free outside the USA.

School in a Suitcase: http://winministries.org/website/index.php/nation2nation, a religious group, has hundreds of schools in many countries; over 100 in Cuba. A person with a computer [operating on 12 v.], printer and DVD library can travel from place to place, on a schedule, to teach and train people. This is a very simple, inexpensive, effective way to educate children, youth and adults Use a bicycle or a bicycle and trailer for transportation.

School in a Backpak: A nomadic tribe in Uganda is using a tablet PC, portable projector, camcorder in a solar backpack, 5m x 3m roll of white PVC banner (screen), to train people in farming. Cost is US$1100. In some places a laptop PC, without the projector, could be used.

Mobile schools:
Vietnam: Computer literacy is a luxury. The Dariu Foundation provides computer training to kids in remote villages using a mobile school equipped with computers, internet access and access to e-library containing DVDs in agriculture, animal feeding, etc. Not only kids but clients benefit from this school. Dariu.org

India: guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2011/sep/30/india-mobile-school-video.

Kenya: Education for pastoralist communities. changemakers.com/educationafrica/entries/mobile-schools-basic-education-pastoralist-communities

teachamantofish.org.uk “Our organization helps kids from poor families across Africa, Asia and South America to get quality education. We work with schools to create new sources of income. Students get ‘hands-on’ involve-ment and learn practical skills and entrepreneurship”. teachamantofish.org.uk/school-box

 The Learning Farm, Indonesia. thelearningfarm.com
 S. F. Agriculture School, fundacionparaguaya.org.py/index.php?id=lo-que-hacemos. [English]
 eldeber.com.bo/extra/2008-01-27/nota.php?id=080128000444 Colonia Pirai high school, Bolivia
 http://schoolatblairgrocery.blogspot.com [USA]
 auronepal.net [India]
 peas.org.uk/
 curriki.org [K-12]
 world-virtual-school.com
 e-learningforkids.org
 inacol.org
 edublogs.org
 hippocampus.org/
 nrocmath.org
 oercommons.org/
 educational-freeware.com/category-Videos.aspx
 kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/index.php
 Khanacademy.org [free courses. Can be downloaded on to DVDs and used anywhere]
 Christian School Project - self-sustaining. R Stiff ron@montebelloacademy.org [Ecuador]
 Chimala Christian Schools [grades 1-12] are self-sustaining. chimala@sbcglobal.net [Tanzania]
 doesgodexist.org, scienceterrific.com
 icr.org/essentials Creation science studies.
 http://worldhungerrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Newsletter-2012-...
 olpcnews.com [laptop computers for children] OPLC.org

Other useful information for training and/or profit generation

 farming: organic, no-till in permanent beds using a machete/maize cutter. Never buy fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides. Input cost is 0 except for seed. [minifarms]
 p4p.org [bicycles]
 villagebicycleproject.org
 mayapedal.org
 nabuur.com
 arapalgoatfarm.shutterfly.com [self-supporting students]
 compatibletechnology.org
 cd3wd.com [5 DVDs free to developing countries] Information for doing just about anything.
 thefullbellyproject.org/Products.aspx
 childrensbiblestudy.com
 Study English: By email-weiady.org/subscribe/registration.htm or weiaudio.org/audio.htm
 http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/12/19/claudio-oliver-urban-farmer-in-bra...
 School buildings made of plastic bottles

Microloans: Students, after graduating, may need some funds for their farm or business. The model for that is: farmsinternational.com/FARMS-Sept11NL-What_is_wrong_with_microcredit.pdf [How to do it right]. farmsinternational.com/FARMS-Special_Edition-Nuts_and_Bolts.pdf

Microloans:

a. kiva.org
b. kirfindia.org
c. accion.org

Request copy of : Training and income generating ideas and/or Farm training and income generating ideas.

Ken Hargesheimer, minifarms@gmail.com

My thanks go to you Sushmita and Ken for the good ideas posted here. May God bless you all.