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		<title>Livelihood Security Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shared Interest Foundation has recently awarded cashew nut producers, Aprainores a grant of $3,000 USD to go towards the cost of replacing their office equipment and electronic scales to help them to continue to trade after recent flooding in El &#8230; <a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/2011/12/02/livelihood-security-fund/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Shared Interest Foundation" href="http://www.shared-interest.com/foundation.htm">Shared Interest Foundation </a>has recently awarded cashew nut producers, Aprainores a grant of $3,000 USD to go towards the cost of replacing their office equipment and electronic scales to help them to continue to trade after recent flooding in El Salvador.</p>
<p>Aprainores is a primary producer association consisting of over 60 families located around San Carlos Lempa, near the mouth of the Lempa River in El Salvador. Families are subsistence farmers whose sole cash income is from small cashew holdings. Together they own a processing plant employing 40-70 seasonal workers (up to nine months).</p>
<p>From the 10<sup>th</sup> October 2011 El Salvador endured 10 consecutive days of rain. On Monday 18<sup>th</sup> October a nearby river burst its banks. The Aprainores warehouse was flooded. Water over 1m high ruined desks, computers, production equipment and over 50% of their stock.</p>
<p>Managing Director, Alex Flores could initially only get within 200m of the warehouse although thankfully the water has now subsided and they are in the clean-up process.</p>
<p>Speaking of the funds provides by the Foundation Alex said: “Thank you so much, this is really a good news. This funds will help a lot to restore some equipments, and of course to keep us going. Thank you so much, out farmers will appreciate this support very much”.</p>
<p>If you would like to know more about Aprainores, the flooding or the Livelihood Security Fund, please leave a comment below.
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		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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<p>From the 10<sup>th</sup> October 2011 El Salvador endured 10 consecutive days of rain. On Monday 18<sup>th</sup> October a nearby river burst its banks. The Aprainores warehouse was flooded. Water over 1m high ruined desks, computers, production equipment and over 50% of their stock.</p>
<p>Managing Director, Alex Flores could initially only get within 200m of the warehouse although thankfully the water has now subsided and they are in the clean-up process.</p>
<p>Speaking of the funds provides by the Foundation Alex said: “Thank you so much, this is really a good news. This funds will help a lot to restore some equipments, and of course to keep us going. Thank you so much, out farmers will appreciate this support very much”.</p>
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		<title>Shared Interest Foundation on BBC Newcastle Radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Shared Interest Foundation</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had my second experience of being interviewed live on radio. My first was in Rwanda during the launch of the Foundation’s Rwandan Producer Support Project and I was dubbed into Kinyarwanda by a man…so I’m not sure if &#8230; <a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/2011/12/02/livelihood-security-fund/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Shared Interest Foundation" href="http://www.shared-interest.com/foundation.htm">Shared Interest Foundation </a>has recently awarded cashew nut producers, Aprainores a grant of $3,000 USD to go towards the cost of replacing their office equipment and electronic scales to help them to continue to trade after recent flooding in El Salvador.</p>
<p>Aprainores is a primary producer association consisting of over 60 families located around San Carlos Lempa, near the mouth of the Lempa River in El Salvador. Families are subsistence farmers whose sole cash income is from small cashew holdings. Together they own a processing plant employing 40-70 seasonal workers (up to nine months).</p>
<p>From the 10<sup>th</sup> October 2011 El Salvador endured 10 consecutive days of rain. On Monday 18<sup>th</sup> October a nearby river burst its banks. The Aprainores warehouse was flooded. Water over 1m high ruined desks, computers, production equipment and over 50% of their stock.</p>
<p>Managing Director, Alex Flores could initially only get within 200m of the warehouse although thankfully the water has now subsided and they are in the clean-up process.</p>
<p>Speaking of the funds provides by the Foundation Alex said: “Thank you so much, this is really a good news. This funds will help a lot to restore some equipments, and of course to keep us going. Thank you so much, out farmers will appreciate this support very much”.</p>
<p>If you would like to know more about Aprainores, the flooding or the Livelihood Security Fund, please leave a comment below.
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