Global Village Children’s Project receives Carbon Reduction Fund grant

The Loretto Community Carbon Reduction Fund granted $800 to the Global Village Children’s Project in Uganda in 2023. The Project had tapped a Nile River tributary, which never dries up, to irrigate cropland to grow maize. At harvest time, if they are lucky, there is enough maize to feed the children and neighbors in need. The components of the irrigation equipment were stored during the rainy season. Unfortunately, the components were vulnerable to rats that chewed through them. The $800 grant helped the Project replace the damaged irrigation equipment components. As board member Christopher Gruener wrote to the Carbon Reduction Fund committee, “I trust my words here … will adequately communicate both the depth of our appreciation and the impact of your generosity on the young people we seek to serve.”