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We're pioneering a new approach to donations. Rather than giving dollars that get dramatically diluted between your checkbook and the people/projects you'd like to help, you can use this method to directly provide tools that create micro-businesses in developing countries. As the famous African saying goes, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats forever." This section gives you an opportunity to not only “teach people to fish” but also provide a variety of "fishing poles”, tools that begin a systematic, expanding progression out of poverty. See Donating Tools for Progress for a more complete description.

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Grain Mill Microenterprise in Drikung, Tibet $725.00
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Project Description: Tsampa represents almost 90% of the food in rural Tibet. Made from roasted ground barley this traditional Tibetan cereal requires a long, difficult, often unsafe preparation process. Kuchok Dawa, a 25 year old man from Thargay village would like to set up a grain mill microenterprise. A portable grain mill processes this flour many times faster than the traditional Tibetan grinding stone. Built like a tank (100% cast iron, weighs almost 60 lbs), it’s easy to turn and adjust, save and simple to use. Beside barley, it grinds larger materials like corn and bean, can even make peanut butter 89353-14).
Donation Package:
Shipping	$75.00
Training	$50.00
Total Donation	$725.00	Donate
501(c)3 Sponsor: The Tibetan Village Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty in Tibet through healthcare, education and other sustainable development projects that empower Tibetans to live self-sufficient lives. see the Tibetan Village Project