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 >

In Haiti, There’s Still Hope Amidst the Rubble

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Children in Port-au-Prince
 This month marks the second anniversary of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Unfortunately, little has changed for the majority of people living in and around the city since the earthquake. More than 550,000 people continue to live in tent communities, where parents are without work, children are without schools, and much of the rubble still remains.  MORE>

Kenya

BGR Partners With Ecology Action To Provide Relief in Africa

Ecology Action In Kenya, BGR is partnering with Ecology Action in a long-term strategy for increased food production and income. The focus of this partnership is a Special 3.5 Month Course to Place African Women Trainers on the GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Certified Teacher Track. Since most farming in Africa is done by women, having women as certified teachers is vital to enable greater food productivity at the local level. The complete training takes roughly two years and teachers certified at the Intermediate-Level can train teachers at the Basic-Level of Certification.  MORE>
DHARMA OFFERING
THE HUMAN FUTURE & THE FUTURE OF BUDDHISM
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM
A WALK CAN BE MORE THAN A WALK
 
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
SIMPLE WAYS TO HELP
SOCIAL MEDIA, MATCHING GIFTS, SHARING
INFORMATION
A video lecture
 
 
 

BGR Project Aids Farm Families in Rural Vietnam

Rice Planting in VietnamA primary goal of BGR’s agricultural projects is “to promote greater food productivity at the grassroots level.” To achieve this goal BGR is supporting the growth of a sustainable farming technique, SRI, “System of Rice Cultivation” in Vietnam. In May 2011, BGR awarded a six-month grant to the International Cooperation Center (ICC) of Thai Nguyen University, an organization dedicated to carrying out international cooperation activities, including research in poverty reduction, and crop/animal production biotechnology.  MORE>