The alternative income program is where we donate money to buy certain needs for people around the world.
The Free the children website says that:
$50 can help purchase animals for milking/breeding $100 can help purchase basic business supplies and resources $250 can help purchase sewing machines and tailoring equipment $500 can help support small grants or micro-credit loans for families $1,000 can help support basic literacy, numeracy and business training workshops
Free The Children alternative income projects are focused on helping parents find sustainable sources of income to provide for their families, thus freeing their children to go to school. To date, we’ve benefited more than 23,500 women.
Around the world, many young children cannot go to school because they are forced to work to help support their families. In areas of low employment, poverty is the normal state of affairs, and parents do not have the skills or the money to provide properly for their children. Children have no choice but to help the family; the alternative is starvation.
Recognizing that parents want to provide for their children, Free The Children implements alternative income projects that give those disadvantaged families a sustainable source of income. We supply them with productive and sustainable resources that they otherwise would not be able to purchase or organize: • Agricultural implements • Animals and small machinery • Women’s cooperatives When parents can meet their basic income needs and sell milk, sew clothes, or sell farm produce in the community, they are able to remove their children from dangerous working conditions and send them to school.
Nearly half the world’s population (2.8 billion people) lives on less than $2 per day, making it very difficult for those families to be able to afford to send their children to school. In many areas, women’s’ skills and potential continue to be ignored and kids often have to subsidize the family income by working themselves.
Your participation in the alternative income campaign empowers mothers living in poverty to support their families. This kind of support helps break the cycle of poverty because women who earn a good living can send their children to school instead of work.
The exact alternative income project you support depends on the country you choose to fundraise for. Free The Children bases our alternative income projects on each community’s specific values and needs. For example, in China, we mostly supply pigs and farming equipment, but in Sri Lanka, we run a micro-credit and business training program.
When you sign up for the alternative income campaign, we send you a wall-size campaign poster and a step-by-step guide. You also receive one-on-one support from your youth programming coordinator. SABRINA TIFFANY
hey guys we found some really good information on the alternative income program. check it out!!! :o) http://www.freethechildren.com/programs/alternativeincome/index.html
How does the alternative income help In India, Free The Children provided 500 women with milking animals and 153 women with sewing machines or gem polishing machines, donated by people like you. These resources significantly improved the standard of living of marginalized women.
For the link Talia and I posted, if you want to check it out, copy the link and paste it to the part where you put the website's name. Please check it out, it tells you a lot of useful information about the Alternative Income Program. CLARA :D
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR HELPING OUT THE PANCAKE TREAT GROUP LOOK UP ABOUT:"Alternative income program".And thank you Clara for giving up your time after school to help out the pancake treat group get some work done.Aretha
The alternative income program is where we donate money to buy certain needs for people around the world.
ReplyDeleteThe Free the children website says that:
$50 can help purchase animals for milking/breeding
$100 can help purchase basic business supplies and resources
$250 can help purchase sewing machines and tailoring equipment
$500 can help support small grants or micro-credit loans for families
$1,000 can help support basic literacy, numeracy and business training workshops
According to the free the children website.
Kevin and Jacob
Free The Children alternative income projects are focused on helping parents find sustainable sources of income to provide for their families, thus freeing their children to go to school. To date, we’ve benefited more than 23,500 women.
ReplyDeleteAround the world, many young children cannot go to school because they are forced to work to help support their families. In areas of low employment, poverty is the normal state of affairs, and parents do not have the skills or the money to provide properly for their children. Children have no choice but to help the family; the alternative is starvation.
Recognizing that parents want to provide for their children, Free The Children implements alternative income projects that give those disadvantaged families a sustainable source of income. We supply them with productive and sustainable resources that they otherwise would not be able to purchase or organize: • Agricultural implements • Animals and small machinery • Women’s cooperatives When parents can meet their basic income needs and sell milk, sew clothes, or sell farm produce in the community, they are able to remove their children from dangerous working conditions and send them to school.
Tiffany
Sabrina
Nearly half the world’s population (2.8 billion people) lives on less than $2 per day, making it very difficult for those families to be able to afford to send their children to school. In many areas, women’s’ skills and potential continue to be ignored and kids often have to subsidize the family income by working themselves.
ReplyDeleteYour participation in the alternative income campaign empowers mothers living in poverty to support their families. This kind of support helps break the cycle of poverty because women who earn a good living can send their children to school instead of work.
The exact alternative income project you support depends on the country you choose to fundraise for. Free The Children bases our alternative income projects on each community’s specific values and needs. For example, in China, we mostly supply pigs and farming equipment, but in Sri Lanka, we run a micro-credit and business training program.
When you sign up for the alternative income campaign, we send you a wall-size campaign poster and a step-by-step guide. You also receive one-on-one support from your youth programming coordinator.
SABRINA
TIFFANY
hey guys we found some really good information on the alternative income program. check it out!!! :o)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.freethechildren.com/programs/alternativeincome/index.html
Talia+Clara
How does the alternative income help
ReplyDeleteIn India, Free The Children provided 500 women with milking animals and 153 women with sewing machines or gem polishing machines, donated by people like you. These resources significantly improved the standard of living of marginalized women.
TIFFANY SABRINA
The alternative income program helps families in poverty get what they need like food and water.
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For the link Talia and I posted, if you want to check it out, copy the link and paste it to the part where you put the website's name. Please check it out, it tells you a lot of useful information about the Alternative Income Program. CLARA :D
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR HELPING OUT THE PANCAKE TREAT GROUP LOOK UP ABOUT:"Alternative income program".And thank you Clara for giving up your time after school to help out the pancake treat group get some work done.Aretha
ReplyDeleteYour welcome Aretha. It was really fun!! :D CLARA
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