Our Projects 2018-2019
BGR projects are designed to provide direct food aid to people afflicted by hunger and malnutrition, to promote ecologically sustainable agriculture, to support the education of girls and women, and to give women an opportunity to start right livelihood projects to support their families.
Bangladesh
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FOOD SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL OF ORPHANS Provide food supplies for 55 children from destitute families for 12 months at The Orphan's Home in the rural Cittagong Hills region. » |
Bangladesh
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SCHOOL LUNCHES FOR MARMA GIRLS Provide food support for 121 Marma girls at Visakha Girls' School in Chittagong Hill Tracts, a poor area affected by conflict. » |
Bangladesh
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PERMANENT DORMITORY FOR BOY STUDENTS Provide a permanent dormitory for 120 boys in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a poor area affected by conflict. » |
Brazil NEW
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HEALTHY VEGETARIAN MEALS FOR LOCAL, LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS Provide healthy meals, organize workshops in organic meal preparation, develop products from plants and fruits to sell, and inspire changes in eating habits for local low-income residents in the south of São Paulo. » |
Burma (via Thailand)
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SUPPORTING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN OF BACKPACK MEDICS Support education for children of backpack health workers serving displaced Burmese villagers, students and refugees. » |
Cambodia NEW
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IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION & FOOD ACCESS Offer sustainable solutions to the major causes of undernutrition in Perah Vihear province. » |
Cambodia
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FOOD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GIRLS TO STAY IN SCHOOL Support life-transforming Girls Access To Education (GATE) program ensuring girls stay in school. » |
Cambodia
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CATALYZING THE POTENTIAL OF GIRLS AT THE MARGINS Provide scholarships and related assistance for young women in nursing and other schools. » |
Cambodia NEW
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELL-BEING FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES Engage farmers in rice intensification program, cash crop cultivation, and other related programsto ensure food security and improve living conditions in 12 villages. » |
Cameroon
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VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR SINGLE MOTHERS & MARGINALIZED WOMEN Provide practical vocational training for marginalized women and for single and teenage mothers. » |
Cameroon
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A FOOD PROGRAM FOR POOR CHILDREN Provide meals at school for over 95 poor and needy children in Ebase village. » |
Cameroon NEW
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SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF SLUM CHILDREN Provide quality primary education for 60 children. » |
Côte d’Ivoire
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IMPROVED NUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN Decrease incidence of malnutrition in children especially in the first 1,000 days of life. » |
Haiti
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MEALS FOR HUNGRY SCHOOLCHILDREN IN JACMEL Provide at least one nutritious, filling meal per day, six days a week for 34 students. » |
Haiti
Haiti
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MEALS FOR HUNGRY KIDS IN PORT-AU-PRINCE Provide about 1,000 life-sustaining meals to children every weekday in the Ti Plas Kazo Community. » |
India
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A GIRLS' HOME AND WOMEN'S SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER Sponsor education for 30 teenage girls in danger of not finishing school and being forced into early marriage due to poverty. » |
India
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NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT FOR GARDEN OF PEACE SCHOOL Provide uniforms, books, transportation and food for students at Garden of Peace school. » |
India
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PROSPERITY THROUGH RESILIENT AGRICULTURE Improve resilience and income for smallholder farmers, especially women, in Uttar Pradesh. » |
Jamaica & Haiti NEW
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BREAKFASTS & COLORING BOOKS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Provide nutritious morning meals for children at 10 schools for an academic semester of 13 weeks. » |
Kenya NEW
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TRAIN WOMEN FARMERS TO GROW BIOINTENSIVE AGRICULTURE Train women to care for and feed their families. Workshops train to 600 women from 6 communities in Machakos County. » |
Kenya
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IMPROVING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION Support proven programs that reach mothers, infants and children in need of food. » |
Malawi
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A GROW BIOINTENSIVE (GB) AGRICULTURAL CENTER Training in biointensive farming to increase food production and combat the hardships caused by climate change. More than half the farmers are women. » |
Mongolia NEW
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ASRAL NGO HOT MEAL PROJECT Help to provide essential nutrition, mentoriing, and educational support to 32 children annually. » |
Nicaragua
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EDUCATIONAL SPONSORSHIP OF GIRLS Provide tuition, books, uniform with school insignia, shoes, and some medical screening and treatment for 112 girls, including five college students. » |
Peru NEW
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ADDRESSING MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Train mothers and pregnant women in better nutrition, promote better eating habits in children through gardens, teach greenhouse construction/maintenance to 205 beneficiaries. » |
Peru NEW
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HELPING WOMEN ESCAPE THE CYCLE OF POVERTY Raise women's understanding of their rights and enable them to get better paying jobs, thereby protecting them and their children from physical and sexual abuse. » |
Sri Lanka NEW
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ENHANCING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS OF VULNERABLE WOMEN Promote enhanced entrepreneurship skills, provide financial and material support for start-up enterprises, improve living standards, and strengthen the self confidence of approximately 60 vulnerable women. » |
Sudan NEW
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HELPING FARMERS IN DARFUR AFFECTED BY CONFLICT & DROUGHT Address critical food insecurity with training and supplies for improved farming techniques. » |
U.S. Detroit, MI
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PROMOTING A FOOD SOVEREIGN CITY Provide aid so that 500 new families start a garden. Introduce opportunities to sell produce . » |
U.S. Easton, PA NEW
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FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO LOW-IINCOME FAMILIES Provide produce to 800 low-income residents, 600 of them women . » |
U.S. New York, NY NEW
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COMMUNAL MEALS FOR VULNERABLE NEW YORKERS Provide meals and other services to the homeless, to survivors of domestic violence, to new immigrants, young vets, LBGTQ persons, and other vulnerable New Yorkers. »
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Vietnam
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EXPANDING HOUSEHOLD FOOD PRODUCTION Train mulit-generational families to increase year-round food production improving nutrition. » |
Vietnam
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IMPROVING THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION Help farmers to find solutions to the problems they have found in adopting SRI. » |
Vietnam
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MEALS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS IN TAM BINH HOSPITAL Help to provide 500 vegetarian meals daily to hospital patients, total 182,000 meals per year. » |
Vietnam
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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POOR CHILDREN in TAM BINH & CAM DUONG DISTRICTS Help with fees, uniforms, books, and healthcare for over 400 K-12 students. » |
