October 02, 2008

Tenth Conversion

We are making progress.  Ten farms have been converted to drip-irrigation wiith two more in the process. 

The latest familly to  receive their conversions are the Marzoans.  Mr. Marzoan is a young farmer with two wives, five children and two hectares of land.  Unfortunately his farm has sat dormant for most of the year due to a shortage of water.

Wally Albrecht, Director of our partner Global Development Agency writes:  “This man's living conditions are the poorest I've seen in east Lombok...I really felt compassion for this man”.

Marzoan supplements his farm income by working for the rural…