Seed Solution

G. Umaru Sheriff is the National Executive Director of 4-H Liberia and one of the key individuals that re-established 4-H in 2006, dedicated to teaching agriculture education and leadership to youth in Liberia.

4-H Liberia empowers young people to become self-sufficient citizens by developing their potential in premiere leadership, agricultural sustainability, and essential life skills. We believe that one of the best and most sustainable ways to develop young people is by empowering them in agriculture. The model that is used to train youth is School Based- Agricultural Education (SBAE).

4-H Liberia empowers young people to become self-sufficient citizens by developing their potential in premiere leadership, agricultural sustainability, and essential life skills. The acronym 4-H stands for Head, Heart, Hands and Health. It is one of the largest youth organization in the world but operates independently in each country.

For information on 4-H SBAE see our Documents section.

Madhav Joshi is from Katmandu, Nepal. He runs a group called HEAR Nepal, which brings health education programs and testing to rural school children in Nepal. He has implemented a pilot program to bring seeds to rural schools for a youth development program.

Hei received his master of arts degree in political science from Tribhuwan University in Kathmandui. He has worked as a lab technician, has undergone medical training, and is quite passionate about sanitation and health issues. He has assisted volunteer John Mikolaj in his quest to help restore potable water to Nepal since the earthquake in 2016. John returns periodically. Madhav hosts him and arranges transportation throughout the provinces he is serving.

James Menya grew up as an orphan, then dedicated his life to helping other orphans. He started God’s Will Child Care Orphanage, which houses about 30 children.

Unfortunately, the orphanage is next to a large swamp and malaria has broken out. James urgently needs $1,000 just to spray the swamp and get mosquito nets. He has lost two children to malaria and two more to a new strain of Ebola. Two more children have come done with malaria as of this writing.

His previous benefactor passed away and he is now relying on us. We would like to purchase a larger building, away from the swamp, with land for farming, to house his orphanage. This would cost as much as $10,000. With food, water, electricity, clothes, etc, their expenses are about $2,000 a month.

Raphael Kereto is part of the Pardamat Community of indigenous Maasai people living in southern Kenya, bordering Tanzania. The population is about 900.

Half of this community are below the poverty line and cannot afford meals and education. Initially this people depended on tourism activities to earn a living, but Covid, the drought and the Ukraine war have changed all that.

Raphael also works with the Pardamat School and helped to install a water tank there. He personally tends to 50 families or 250 people. Fifteen of the families are in dire straits.

He feels that $1,500 would solve emergencies, but $5,000 is really needed