Past Projects: Indonesia

Rural Enterprise Support Project (RESP)

Where:

Indonesia

Who:

CHF and BINA DESA

Funded by:

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and CHF

Purpose:

To help rural farmers and villagers learn the skills they need to improve their incomes through better harvesting and marketing methods for their crops.

Results:

CHF is helping the organization Bina Desa, to learn new farming and market techniques to teach to local villagers. The villagers then learn to grow crops which they can sell. They also learn:

basic environmental concerns and practices
pickling, canning and drying techniques for their crops
better farming techniques
how to identify market and consumer demand
how to vary the crops they grow
how to use computers and upgrade their skills
how to create business enterprises that benefit the entire community
how to duplicate the programs they have learned to share with other parts of the country