Global partnerships. Local livelihoods.

Group Focus: India (Dayanand Handloom Project)

Starting now and hroughout 2012, we’ll be including updates from our livelihood groups so you get to know them better. This will be greatly facilitated by trips to visit nine current (and several potential new) partner groups. Director Rose Brewer is in Africa...

Cancer survivor’s story

From the Philippines comes the story of Lourdes Buya, a cancer survivor with whom SEED is partnering to open a siomai (food) cart.  She calls it “Where are My Friends?” “I grew up in a family that is considered rich by Philippine standards.  My father is a...

Pigs in Process

<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-200" title="” src=”https://seedlivelihood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Pigs_Pigpen1-300×225.jpg” alt=”” width=”300″ height=”225″ />One of our...

A myriad of new possibilities

In the past month we have been excited at all the possible livelihood groups with which we might partner.  It seems that almost everyone we talk with has an idea for someone who could be a SEED Livelihood Network partner.  Just by way of example, we have recently had...

Two New Groups

SEED Livelihood Network has recently started working with two new groups that won’t produce anything that reaches the US market. This is an exciting critical step on our way to being a more robust network for sustainable livelihoods. A group in Cameroon is eager...