Seeds of Love Program
Now, through our Seeds of Love program, you can make a gift in honor of a friend or loved one that will benefit our poor in Kerala. We will send a beautiful card to your designated gift recipient describing the gift you have chosen in their honor (or we send you the card to you so you can send it on yourself). Seeds of Love make wonderful holiday, birthday and memorial gifts. FFA has a wide range of gifts to give in someone's honor. (Please note that prices shown include PayPal fees.)
Cards: Benny James, an artist and husband of one of our Indian staff Annamma, has created beautiful cards to carry the message of your gift. Two are for Christmas and two for special occasions. The cards can be viewed and selected in the SoL form.
Sponsor a Family
Your gift of $310 will provide basic support for a family for one year. The person whom you are giving the gift to will receive letters of thanks each quarter from their family in India. Donate>>
General Donation
General Donation
Your gift of any amount will be used to support the impoverished poor in India through provision of grain, medicine, clothing or income generating items according to current needs. Donate>>
Medical Fund
Your gift of $52 to the FFA Medical Fund will help the indigent with medical care costs during illness Donate>>
Vocational Training Fund
Your gift of $88 will allow someone to train for up to six months at a vocational education training program learning skills that will lead to their economic independence. Donate>>
Income Generating Donations
Self Help Groups
Your gift of any amount will be used to fund a work group of impoverished women in creating their own business. Donate>>
Loom
Your gift of $645 will purchase a loom for a family. Coir or coconut fiber is the foundation of a major industry in Kerala. Your gift of a loom allows a family to begin a cottage industry of rug making which benefits not only the family but also neighbors. Donate>>
Firewood Business
Your gift of $206 will allow a family to set up a firewood business. These businesses are easily administered from a family's house. Wood is a primary fuel for cooking within Alleppey. Donate>>
Small Fishing Craft and Equipment
Your gift of $397 will purchase a fishing craft that will allow a fisherman to work for himself and his family rather than share fishing profits. the families income will increase and they will have food on a more regular basis. Donate>>
Rabbits
Your gift of $39 will purchase rabbits for a family which will provide them with nourishment and a source of income through breeding. Donate>>
Motorized Rads
Your gift of $112 will purchase a motorized set of rads or spinning wheels for a family which will allow them to make coconut fiber into yarn for mats at a faster rate than non-motorized rads. The yarn will give the family a new souce of income. Donate>>
Set of Rads
Your gift of $47 will purchase a set of rads or spinning wheels for a family that does not have access to electricity which can be used to make coconut fiber into yarn for mats, giving the family a new source of income. Donate>>
Sewing Machine
Your gift of $104 will purchase a sewing machine allows a family both to mend and sew clothing for their own use and to generate income through offering sewing services within their village. Donate>>
Family Support Donations
House
Your gift of $2550 purchases materials for a house for a family. The family will work along with a builder to construct a dry haven from the long monsoon season. Donate>>
Property
Your gift of $1240 will purchase a parcel of land for a family to build a house on. While many families are able to build on paternal land, there are some situations where purchasing property is a necessary step to home ownership. Donate>>
Grain
Your gift of $52 will provide grain for family during monsoon season when food supplies are very low. Donate>>
Clothing
Your gift of $26 will provide a new set of clothing for two. Donate>>
Asthma Medication
Your gift of $62 will supply asthma medication for a person for six months. Asthma is a disease that afflicts many in Kerala, keeping children home from school, and workers from their jobs. Donate>>
Give a gift to a friend or loved one through the Seeds of Love Program>>
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