Donate Your Seeds to Poor Countries

The common way of making charitable contributions to for foreign mission work is by giving monetary donations. Since the economy has been slowing down, such contributions are expected to dwindle. However, sending money is not the only way to help the poor abroad. One very effective way to help people in poor nations is to sends seeds for growing food.

In many countries such as India, and in African nations, food is in short supply. Apart of this problem is the lack of seeds. Instead of sending money to purchase seeds one can send seeds. This would make a good charitable project for schools, churches, or community groups.

Seeds

Seeds can be collected with little or no additional cost. When one goes grocery shopping purchase:

Dried Beans

Dried Barley

unshelled raw nuts

potatoes

onion bulbs

garlic

melon seeds (watermelon, cantaloupe, etc.)

fruits seeds (apples, oranges, lemon, grapefruit, grapes, peaches, plums cherry, etc.)

bell pepper seeds (red, green, yellow, orange)

hot pepper seeds

egg plant seeds

tomato seeds

These "seeds" are ready and easy to plant. They can grow and thrive in almost any part of the world.

Collecting Seeds

Schools, churches groups and any other organization members. Collections can also be made from the community.

First of all fliers should be printed up announcing the seed collection drive and what type of seeds are being collected. The fliers should also instruct how to clean and dry the seeds and to properly label them. Also state drop off places where seeds can be left.

After seeds are collected and accumulated they can be sent to missionary charity groups that send aid to the countries they work in. Following is a list of charities that collect and send seeds to poor countries:

Gary Ibsen's Tomato Fest

www.tomatofest.com

Mailing Address

Toamato Fest

P.O Box W-1

Carmel, CA 93921

Canadian Feed The Children

Phone: 1-800-387-1221

contact@canadianfeedthechildren.ca

Mailing address:

Canadian Feed The Children

174 Bartley Drive

Toronto, Ontario

M4A 1E1

Many Christian Denomination such as the Southern Baptist, The Church of Later Day Saints, United Methodist Church, and The United Church of Christ have their own missionary groups. These missionary groups can be contacted about programs they may have for collecting and distributing seeds to countries.

Collecting and sending seeds for growing food to poor countries can be just as beneficial as sending money. Food is so important.