We like to make Farming Tools one of our annual holiday campaigns because the need is great ... and constant. Pretty much everyone in Dekpor is a subsistence farmer. Without owning a tractor or rototiller, they attempt to clear unploughed land to grow crops. Even the maintenance weeding is a huge, difficult chore. The preferred tools are an adze and a machete, so that is precisely what DSDO distributes.
In December of last year, an incredible $5150 was raised, which allowed us to purchase 275 tools! This total number of tools is more than anticipated since we were able to get a discount on bulk purchases. In January, 200 machetes and 75 adzes were distributed to people who desperately needed some help. What a practical gift!
This puts our DSDO total of farming tools distributed-to-date at 532!
Thank you to everyone who contributed!
This was made possible by:
Ana Vegega, Diane Young and Robert Pecile, Donna and Ron Jamieson (in honour of Carl), Ann Macoun (for Phil), Fred Burke (for Karen and Will), Jo-Anne Brady (in honour of Linda), Laura Bondi (for Mark), the Bondi family (in memory of Jagdish), Shari and David van de Pol, Barb Bulloch (in honour of mom and sisters), Judy Stirling, Tom and Linda Edwards, Jennifer Jahora and Trena (for Mrs. Cline), Amanda Burns and Nolan (for Sunderland P.S. staff), Karen and Will Burke (in honour of their families), Brad and Darlene Cann, Louise Dyer, Nat Jedda, Quality Integrators Corporation and Bill Croker, Gerard Baribeau, Lauren Pettinger, Natalie Sinanan, Wendy Burgess, JoJo Bellig, Peter Skillen (in honour of George), Sandra Hartman, Jean Anderson, Mary Card, Steve Howell, Nancy Newman, and Lydia Ridd.
