Irrigation Without Borders
was organized for the purpose of
(1) educating third and fourth world countries through the use of
emerging state of the art
irrigation technology and (2) providing
sustainable solutions to help fight against the food and water
crisis in these areas.
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1. What is a third world country?
It is the aggregate of under developed nations of the world.
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2. What is a fourth world country?
A group of nations (especially in
Haiti, Africa and Asia)
characterized by extremely low per capita income and an
absence of valuable natural resources.
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3. Why is irrigation important for
third and fourth world countries?
The
use of irrigation can dramatically impact both food
production and provide sustainable commerce for these
countries. Many times without irrigation, agriculture becomes a
dream. In these villages when seeds are planted, they are usually watered with
buckets of water that are carried for several
miles. This might work to feed a family
and water a garden, but it will not work to feed the
masses. Synergizing water supply with
proper irrigation
installation can exponentially increase crop yields, which
in turn can feed not only a family but an entire
community.
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4. What is your plan? Our
plan is to raise awareness and funds and help provide
irrigation systems for disadvantaged countries.
It is our
desire to work with local teams/villages, providing the resources
needed for installing irrigation
systems to water crops and feed people.
Our irrigation experts will not be installing the
irrigation for these projects, but instead procuring the
materials and then training the locals to install it
themselves. The local people will learn to follow
our irrigation design and become proficient in
installation as well as repair, allowing them to take
ownership of this project and call it their own.
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5. How do you plan to raise awareness?
Our founder, David Youssi is committed to
camping in a tent, living without
the basic accommodations such as plumbing and with
only a campfire for cooking, heating and light to show solidarity with
the one million people in Haiti who live less than this on a daily basis.
Regardless of the weather (snowing,
sleeting, icing, hailing, or
raining), David will be camping until the money can be raised for at least one
of our three irrigation projects. If we can reach enough people who can give at least $1, we can turn this vision into a reality.
If you are interested in helping
with a fundraising project, please contact one of our
board members today.
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6. What can people do to help? By giving donations towards our
irrigation
projects, you can help save more than just one life, you
can help save a whole community. Using irrigation
technology will help provide a way for
people to grow and harvest their own food. It's not a
hand out, its a solution. They have the land, the seed and the manpower. All we need are the materials and the funding to
get them to the site. 100% of the money
donated goes directly
towards the irrigation development and training
initiatives for these villages.
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Help us water the world and feed
the planet
by donating today towards these irrigation
projects.
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Factoids:
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There are approximately two (2) gallons of water in a
bucket.
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It takes 8,577 buckets of
water per day to irrigate agriculture on 1 acre of
land.
It takes 2,230,020 buckets of water per day
to irrigate agriculture on 260 acres of land.
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The average
distance between most fields and viable water sources
can be up to 3 to 4 miles.
Villagers must carry gallons of
water in buckets, several times per day to
water a small garden.
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By installing an irrigation system
on 1 acre of land, we will be able to feed
approximately
20 people per year (based on the US
caloric intake statistics). 260 acres will feed approximately 5200 people.
Give a
man seed and a bucket of water and he can plant a garden.
Help him
irrigate and he can produce a crop,
feeding himself,
his family and his community.
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