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You can help us restore, rebuild and resource, to break the cycle of poverty in Northern Uganda. Wire your donation All gifts over $2 are Tax Deductible in Australia* BSB: 062-164 ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1053 8981 ACCOUNT NAME: Tamarind Australia. *For your Tax Receipt, email details of your deposit with Date, Name, Amount and your address to contact@tamarindaustralia.org.au Transparency Our 2023-2024 Financial Year Expenses. "Development projects " costs directly further the work of Tamarind Australia. "Staff Expenses" costs indirectly further the work of Tamarind Australia. View all of o ur annual reports he re .

Crop Growing Training Tamarind takes small groups of 12 farmers (120 per year) for a fortnight and provides a holistic program covering crop growing and animal husbandry , delivered in the local Acholi dialect. The Tamarind Training Farm is a working farm divided into 1/2 acre sections where different small crops are grown such as millet, beans, sweet potatoes, potatoes, ground nuts (peanuts) and maize. Farmers attend daily and are taught and shown modern methods and better ways to increase the yield of each of the crops, from how to choose better seeds, when and how to spray for pests, to the best fertilisers like chicken manure , and irrigation methods. They learn and understand quality control. Working alongside Tamarind staff in the field helps them understand how better farming practices for different types of crop means more yield at harvest time. Farmers return to their own land and implement this knowledge and skill on a larger scale, and both increase and specialise their yield. In the past, these same farmers had been mixing crops in their fields which resulted in the plants fighting for nutrients and therefore a low harvest to feed their families. With new knowledge and skills, farmers are able to maximise the yield, moving towards a commercial venture rather than a subsistence one, which will bring long term benefits to their families. Farmers are assessed and supported by Local Council Leaders who follow up to see the implementation of the practices at home. Tamarind employs local people to work on the Training Farm, and uses the crops grown to feed the staff and farmers. Workers are paid either a fair local wage or may undertake a seed loan program instead. Guiding locals through commercial agricultural practices helps to restore farming knowledge and a mindset of sustainability in local people. This then helps break the poverty cycle, restoring the community. It rebuilds skills, trades and knowledge that has been lost and forgotten, resourcing people so that they can stand on their own two feet and have the ability to feed themselves. What do the farms produce? Sorgum G-nuts (peanuts) Sesame seeds Maize Green grams Eggplants Cherry tomatoes Herbs Sweet Potatos Pumpkins Casava Beans Various local greens Bananas Mangos Jack fruit Lemons Blackberries Coffee Avocados Oranges Guava Passionfruit seeds held in hand of harvester wide shot of workers harvesting field banana trees growing maize growing leafy greens growing guava growing local man using hoe on a field crop growing black beans harvested from Tamarind's training farms 1/5 Funding Goal $24 000 per year Donate

Construction of Community Toilet and Meeting Space A community toilet was completed in October 2022 with the help of volunteers from the New Testament Church of Massena New York . A community meeting place with outdoor seating provides a comfortable area for the local community to gather. The meeting place helps resource the community by giving them a mutual space to hold meetings and bring restoration to community challenges and disputes. A lot of disputes and land issues are dealt with by communities and community leaders in communities. It provides a space for communities to hold traditional gatherings that restore a culture that has been ravaged by war. The toilet provides hygiene and sanity to the community as most people in the community do not have a toilet in their hut! Funding Goal Achieved! Construction Completed October 2022 Donate

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