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| A member of the Ichu area women's group creates bolt of cloth which will become a table cloth or other cash generating product. This and other projects teach women skills that allow them earn more money to support their families in the semi-arid section of northern Bahia state, where sometimes irregular rain prevents them from completely depending upon their crops for food and income. Irrigation projects such as the construction of cisterns (Below) supported by water collecting devices are also serving to improve people's lives in the area. |
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| Women in Northern Brazil construct a cistern to collect r ain water, as a part of the 100,000 cisterns project, that will create a more secure water supply in the region that at times receives high volume rain followed by many months of dry conditions. |
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| A client of the Casa Fonte Colombo visits with friends while drinking chamarrao, a traditional tea made from ervatierra tree leaves. |
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| Family who have been saved by the counseling and other services
available at the Casa Fonte Colombo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The husband suports the family by making leather goods at home. |
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| Bikeshop on the sidewalk in Porto Alegre. |
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| Program in Northern Brazil supporting farmers in irrigation systems and in diversifying crops for year-round income. |
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| Before the water tank construction project reaches him, a farmer still must collect water in plastic jugs with his donkey. |
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