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Goducate project on backyard farming has started

The Goducate project on backyard farming has started. It is being done in Dayap, in Laguna province. This settlement has been built for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy who lost their homes in Manila in 2009.

The project is being started with two families. Each has a backyard (or rather, a “frontyard”) about 2×3 m in size. It is the mother in the family who is learning how to grow vegetables. Each woman is being guided by the manager of the Goducate model farm.

A motorcycle sponsored by a generous supporter has made it easier for the farm manager to visit these families.

Soon two more families will join the project.

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Goducate helps keep kids off the street

In two weeks time it will be vacation, and instead of playing or hanging around with some kids in the streets, these group of kids are taking advantage to learn musical instruments ( 1 week program)through Melissa, a 14 year old second year High School. ( Orchestra :violin Player) and daughter of our Goducate staff.

These village kids hope and believe that one day, playing instruments can bridge them also to college and schools, where they can start fulfilling their dreams.

Playing in the School Band at any Government Universities and Colleges will make them free of tuition fees, and even earn extra allowance by performing at any social event, by Band or personal invitation.

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Progress of model farm Laguna Philippines

Early this October our farm took its first harvest of cucumbers, okra and tomatoes.
Our Product is quite amazing , it bears us larger fruits ( i.e. 1 pc of cucumber weigh up to 1.5kg instead of normally 3-4 pcs in a kilo.

Our Okra and tomatoes also bears us good quality of fruits despite no pesticides being use.. unlike the neighboorhoods garden, ours now are not much prone to any pests. This I believe is because of the lemon grasses we plant around our garden as experts advised us.

Our first Products are now are being enjoyed by our staff and students as part of meeting their needs as day by day food. As of this month we encourage people in the community to come in and see for themselves that a backyard garden is very do-able and not costly.

We are now preparing fertilizer to help at first those famly who will be willing to do it at their backyard and soon make also their own vermi-culture.

“vege@table” is possible and it can be done if the villager will just be equipped and guided of this D.I.Y. backyard garden.

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