Our projects

BGR projects are designed both to provide emergency food aid and to promote greater food productivity at the grass-roots level. We partner with organizations that are already operating on the ground in areas of interest. >
Cambodia
Cambodia
RICE INTENSIFICATION
Provide village-scale training for intensified rice cultivation to rural farmers in five villages >
Kenya
Kenya
WOMEN’S TRAINING IN FARMING
Train 1,650 African women in the sustainable Grow Biointensive® method of farming >
Niger
Niger
BREASTFEEDING PROGRAM
Reduce malnutrition and mortality of children under two years of age in 18 villages of the Diffa Region >
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
GIRLS’ VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Provide education and skills to disadvantaged girls in order to attain sustainable livelihoods >
India
India
EDUCATE SLUM CHILDREN
Provide education, school supplies, and counseling for 200 slum children, mostly girls, in Nagpur >
• Cambodia
CRITICAL RICE SUPPORT Provide critical monthly rice support to enable poor families to keep their daughters in school >
• Cambodia
SEEDS AND TOOLS Provide families in Pursat with start-up farming kits of cash crop seeds and garden tools >
• Cambodia
AID FOR SEX WORKERS Support non-formal education class for sex workers and their children in Phnom Penh red light district >
• Haiti
MEALS FOR PORT-AU-PRINCE CHILDREN Supply thousands of nutritious meals to hungry children – often their only meal for the day >
• United States
PRODUCE FOR THE POOR Support local farms that grow fresh produce for emergency food agencies in the D.C. area >
• Vietnam
RICE INTENSIFICATION FOR RURAL FARMERS Support training in sustainable rice farming and developing field practice, self-development, and work group skills >
• Vietnam
FOOD FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS Provide thousands of meals to poverty-stricken patients at an overcrowded, understaffed rural hospital >
• Vietnam
RED CROSS SCHOLARSHIPS Help children of the poorest of the poor in Tam Binh District and Cam Duong Commune attend primary and secondary school >
 
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Saxophonist Dan Blake Joins Buddhist Global Relief to Present A:
CONCERT TO FEED THE HUNGRY
In support of the NYC Walk to Feed the Hungry
Featuring New York’s leading jazz artists including:
Saxophonist
Dan Blake
Bassist/Vocalist
Esperanza Spalding
Pianist/Multi-instrumentalist
Leo Genovese
Percussionist
Richie Barshay
Singer/Songwriter
Margaret Glaspy
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
7:00 PM • Reception Following
St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
BROOKLYN NYC
Tickets: $25 in advance
$15 student tickets at door by availability with school ID
Buy tickets securely using PayPal:
https://sites.google.com/site/concerttofeedthehungry/
Your ticket will be held at will-call on the day of the concert
Join us at our FirstGiving web page
All proceeds will go towards hunger-related programs through grants provided by Buddhist Global Relief. A portion of the proceeds from this concert will go to the Brooklyn-based charity, Added Value, working to develop a more sustainable and just urban food system.
RESOURCES:
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About DAN BLAKE
About ESPERANZA SPALDING
About MARGARET GLASPY
Contact:
Daniel Blake
(718) 490-0163
info@concerttofeedthehungry.org
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