By Atul Lekhra | Programme Incharge
Dear Friend,
From all of us here in Seva Mandir we wish you and your family Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May the New Year bring to you lots of love, laughter, and joy.
Your generosity is bringing cheer and hope to so many. Thank you from Seva Mandir on behalf of 500,000 villagers we work with in Southern Rajasthan.
Sita from Daboon village, is a 33 year old mother to 3 kids who works as a small-scale farmerette. Her husband Mangi is a daily wage laborer. They both work extensively to make ends meet yet it is not always possible to. They have been cultivating seasonal crops as per availability of water in the nearby shared water resources.
This year Sita, associated herself with Seva Mandir’s agriculture program. In doing so she received agri inputs and training for onion cultivation in their 0.5 bigha of land. Once transplanted from the nursery, she used an improved method of farming by getting water from an open well and irrigated the farm 6 times. It is also noteworthy to add, that only farmyard manure was applied in the field. There was no fertilizer nor pesticide used.
Sita also attended the trainings imparted by Seva Mandir on package of practices of the crop. In June, 2022 they harvested more than 1,600 kgs of onion. After setting aside some onion for sustenance, they sold 1,500kgs of onion at Rs. 20 ($0.24) per kg and earned a sum of Rs.30,000 ($362) from selling their surplus. Sita shares gratuitously, “I have never earned this much when I sold Wheat or Maze. This is the first time my land has given me this much in return”.
This is just one example of the impact of Seva Mandir’s program on women farmers. A big thank you goes to you, our faithful supporters. With your help, we have been able to successfully run this program and impact more lives of farmers such as Sita.
This New Year, you can give the gift of life to many more women in need. For only $50, you can help train 1 rural woman, like Sita, on advanced farming techniques of vegetable and floriculture cultivation. Once again wish you and your family a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Best Wishes,
Atul Lekhra & the Seva Mandir Team
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