Gift a Garden Mission
Objective: Nutrition for All
To build an equitable urban food system where the most vulnerable citizens, like women and children from low income households, have access to fresh, nutritious produce at home.
To build an equitable urban food system where the most vulnerable citizens, like women and children from low income households, have access to fresh, nutritious produce at home.
Each Kit will contain:
5 Grow Bags: 2 Vegetable Grow Bags (Size: 12×12 inches), 3 Greens Grow Bags (Size: 15×9 inches)
6 varieties of Vegetable Seeds*: Ladies Fingers (Vendakkai), Radish (Mullangi), Cluster Beans (Guar), Cowpea (Karamani), Hyacinth Bush Beans (Chedi Avarai), Tomato
5 varieties of Greens Seeds*: Red Spinach (Arai Keerai), Tropical Amaranth (Siru Keerai), Fox Tail Amaranth (Thandu Keerai), Common Purslane (Paruppu Keerai), Spinach (Palak Keerai)
40 kgs of potting mixture, 10 kgs of organic manure-vermicompost, 50 gms of neem oil soap (biopesticide).
COST OF ONE KIT: Rs. 1,500
(*Crops may vary depending on the season)
How will beneficiary families be identified?
We are working with trusted partners on the ground who have been working with vulnerable communities for several years. These vulnerable communities would include families from economically weaker sections of society living in slums, resettlement colonies or in low income neighbourhoods.
Will the family have the necessary space and water resources to set up a garden?
Yes! Families will be identified based on whether they are able to source water and have space to set up a small garden apart from other criteria.
Who will receive my donation and give the garden kit to beneficiaries?
Care Earth Trust (CET), a registered NGO, and an empanelled organization of the State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu will receive the donation and procure kits to give to the beneficiaries. CET has around 18 years of experience in scientific services, strategic consulting and implementing training and capacity building initiatives in the area of biodiversity conservation and human impact on the environment. CET is a recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, awarded by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India. CET has FCRA and 80G clearance, and can accept contributions in foreign and Indian currency.
Can I sponsor more than one kit?
Yes! Since each kit serves one family, it is possible to sponsor multiple families by providing funds for more than one kit.
Will I be able to contact / visit the beneficiary families to check on their garden from time to time?
In order to protect the privacy of beneficiaries, it will not be possible to directly contact families or visit the gardens they set up in their homes. However, you will receive periodic updates on the progress of the mission, either through email or WhatsApp, along with photos of garden upkeep and produce harvested.
Can Corporates sponsor garden kits? Are these sponsorship opportunities eligible towards CSR claims?
Yes, sponsorship activities towards the Gift a Garden Mission will be considered as activities relating to the following categories listed by Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013:
Will my company branding be permitted in the garden kit?
Yes, but to a limited extent only.