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| Along the narrow waterway in the middle of mangrove forest. |
Layag-layag Settlement Consolidated Seaweed Farmers’ Association
In cooperation with:
Philippine Funds for Little Kids
And
Tzu Chi Foundation – Zamboanga Liaison Office
Present:
Layag-layag Settlement Comprehensive Community Development Plan
Our Vision: In five years time, Layag-layag settlement will be a model coastal community where people are united and are harmoniously working together towards providing each member a decent and sustainable livelihood while dwelling and proactively maintaining a clean and orderly environment with the able and ample support from various NGO’s, Baranggay Talon-talon and the City of Zamboanga.
Community Background: The present Layag-layag settlement is a residue of the long tides of informal settlers from various origins around Sulu Archipelago and Zamboanga Peninsula – hence a small melting pot of cultures although Muslim Tausugs now dominate the scene. There are five clusters all situated between the mangrove and beach lines which primarily arose from settlement groups based on their respective places of origin and kinship numbering to more or less three hundred household/families. Demographic details still need to be determined per proposed household census and tagging.
Challenges that need to be addressed:
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| A typical housing unit in Layag-layag |
Social:
1. Security of Tenure – The community being situated between the mangrove and beach line bears the negative impression as a threat to the natural environment, coastal resource habitat and being a disaster prone human settlement. Hence, the people keep hanging on the threat of relocation and being away from the seaweeds farms which primarily provide them the means of livelihood. But because of the relative peace and a brighter prospect of life they have achieved as compared to their respective places of origin, the residents held on to the hope of recognition as a legal human settlement enjoying the full privileges of legal citizenship of the baranggay, city and country and not remain cast-aways in our own country forever.
2. Diversity of origins leading to diversity of loyalties – Secondary to the residents’ cultural backgrounds, kinship groups and loyalties abound within the community hindering them to work as one towards one communal direction for the common good leading further to suspicions of inter-group manipulations and advantage taking.
3. Access to basic education, health and social services – Due to its geographical isolation and being mere cast-aways more than legal human settlement, the residents especially the school age children have to help themselves avail of these basic services by traversing the two kilometer watery passage ways to get to dry land where public facilities are located either by boat or on foot.
Economic:
1. Access to financial capital - Due to the lack of valuable personal assets that can be used as collaterals to financing institutions, the residents who are all seaweeds farmers have to provide for themselves the means to start their own farms at a very minimal level, turning the supposed to be lucrative livelihood into a hand-to-mouth daily survival struggle.
2. Direct positive relationships to key industry players – Secondary to the lack of capital, the seaweeds industry key players (farm implements and farm produce traders, processors and exporters) are notably alienated from the farmers as far as this seaweeds farming community is concerned hindering the possibility of concerted efforts for innovation towards farming systems efficiency, high productivity and quality, resulting further to prevalence of long, narrow and spiraling farm produce marketing lines negatively affecting price control.
3. Alternative livelihood – Because of the nature and system of seaweeds farming in practice, the farmers are hooked to the farms all day everyday denying any other ventures in order to provide additional income for the family.
Infrastructure:
1. Lack or absence of post harvest facilities – The sizable capital requirement to setup PHF’s, the farmers cannot provide any for themselves prompting them to sell their produce raw and at a much lower price. From what we have gathered, an existing government provided solar dryer needs a total overhaul due to structural flaw which hinders full utility. All five clusters may need one each at a cost of more or less one million each unit in order for each one to be equally accommodated.
2. Farm to market accessibility – Because of the presently low productivity farming systems and the current practice of selling raw produce which are brought by the small traders to all entry points around the city’s southern coast, the local government units may not be able to see the necessity of providing FMA’s like boat landing and access roads - which further denies the farmers’ or even associations desire to take the produce by themselves to market in one direction within the baranggay denying baranggay Talon-talon possible internal revenue collection.
3. Utilities – Accessibility and individual affordability keep water and light facilities limited to a very few households in the area prompting most residents to exert double effort to get water from private providers on shore.
Our goals, our commitment and the ways to keep them together and the need to unite:
1. Clean and Green community recognized as model coastal human settlement, an asset and not liability to our government.
2. Equitable and ample income for everyone from seaweeds farming and other coastal and sea resources livelihoods in order to provide for ourselves our basic needs, decent housing units resistant to calamities while setting aside savings for a brighter future.
3. Results oriented and self sustaining mangrove reforestation efforts to a total area of 70 hectares requiring 10,000 trees per hectare (1 tree per square meter). A total of 700,000 trees planted within 13 quarters and taken care of as young trees up to 20 quarters or 5 years.
4. A self-help organization gearing towards becoming a model cooperative in terms of environmental, social and fiscal management.
How do we get there?
I. The proposed simultaneous introduction of self sustaining Mangrove and Seaweeds nurseries and request for funding.
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The workings of a self sustaining Mangrove Nursery Project – In order to provide for ready to plant and thriving mangrove tree seedlings, we hereby propose and have actually started a Mangrove Nursery project aimed to be expanded up to five sets/modules of 10,800 bagged seedlings each measuring 6m x 16m. Each simple module with the bagged seedlings costs Php31,690.00 with the following breakdown:
Items Qty Unit U/Price Total
Screen Mesh 45 meters 35.00 1,575.00
Bamboo poles 36 pcs 25.00 900.00
Bamboo sticks - hard 4 bundles 75.00 300.00
Bamboo sticks - ordinary 4 bundles 55.00 220.00
Nylon 1 roll 110.00 110.00
CWN #2 1/2 1 kg 55.00 55.00
Coconut Palm 100 palms 2.00 200.00
Polyrope 1 roll 250.00 250.00
Seedlings 10,800 pcs 1.50 16,200.00
Polybags 10,800 pcs 0.35 3,780.00
Bagging labor 10,800 pcs 0.75 8,100.00
Total 31,690.00
Multiply by 5 158,450.00
The five nursery modules will then cost to a total of Php158,450.00 with setup labor as free by bayanihan and if to start all by themselves and not from expansion of an existing nursery. The two to three month old seedlings are then sold to tree planting sponsors at Php50.00 with the following proposed breakdown.
Seedling Cost 6.00
Planting Labor 5.50
Two year maintenance @ quarterly inspection (1st year 2012 = 5.50 x 3) 16.50
2nd Year 2013 (5.50 x 4) 22.00
Total 50.00
The proceeds of the sale pertaining to the seedling cost will cover the purchase of new seedlings and bagging costs, administrative and facilities depreciation costs. The portion pertaining to the planting labor and maintenance cost will be used to buy seaweeds seedlings from the seaweeds nursery which will be awarded to the seaweed farmer to be released after mangrove planting is completed at one kilogram of seaweeds seedlings per tree and in every quarter for the next 7 quarters planted tree maintenance/caretaker or build 1 or 2 new and modern seaweeds planting frame module depending on the identified farmers’ needs per households census results.
Projected number of trees planted and seaweeds seedlings requirement every quarter:
1 Mangrove Nursery Module = 10,800 trees
x 5 modules = 54,000 trees = 54,000 kgs/quarter
Schedule of Quarterly Seaweeds Seedlings Release and Requirements from planted Mangrove Seedlings.
Seedlings released from
1st year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Schedule Annual
Total Total Equivalent
Amount Mangrove Seedling Cost Total Planting labor 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Quarter
1st Year 1st Quarter 513,000.00 270,000.00 54,000 54,000
2nd Quarter 756,000.00 270,000.00 108,000 54,000 54,000
3rd Quarter 999,000.00 270,000.00 162,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
4th Quarter 3,510,000.00 1,242,000.00 270,000.00 216,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
2nd Year 1st Quarter 1,755,000.00 270,000.00 270,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
2nd Quarter 2,052,000.00 270,000.00 324,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
3rd Quarter 2,349,000.00 270,000.00 378,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
4th Quarter 8,802,000.00 2,646,000.00 270,000.00 432,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
3rd Year 1st Quarter 2,646,000.00 270,000.00 432,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
2nd Quarter 2,646,000.00 270,000.00 432,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
3rd Quarter 2,646,000.00 270,000.00 432,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
4th Quarter 10,584,000.00 2,646,000.00 270,000.00 432,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
4th Year 1st Quarter 2,646,000.00 270,000.00 432,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
2nd Quarter 2,079,000.00 - 378,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
3rd Quarter 1,782,000.00 - 324,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
4th Quarter 7,992,000.00 1,485,000.00 - 270,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
5th Year 1st Quarter 1,188,000.00 - 216,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
2nd Quarter 891,000.00 162,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
3rd Quarter 594,000.00 108,000 54,000 54,000
4th Quarter 2,970,000.00 297,000.00 54,000 54,000
Five year Total 33,858,000.00 33,858,000.00 3,510,000.00 5,616,000.00 702,000
702,000
Notes:
Peak Seaweeds seedlings Requirement 432,000 kg.
Estimated Seaweeds weight per single line (Seedlings Quality) 30 kg
Quarterly Required Number of single line seaweeds Seedlings from Q4 of Y2 to Q4 of Y3. 14,400
Monthly Required Number of single line seaweeds Seedlings from Q4 of Y2 to Q4 of Y3. 4,800
Average Number of lines per Frame Module 150
Total Required Frame Modules 32
Proposed Modules for seedlings (1 Modules/cluster x 5 Clusters) 5
Projected Outsourced/expansion Modules during/before the peak quarters (Q4 Y2 to Q4 Y3) 27
2. The workings of the Proposed Seaweeds Farm & Nursery Project
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| A seaweed farm module showing 2 blocks |
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A. Proposed Main Investment Set:
Item Short Description Qty Unit Unit Cost Total
Startup Solar Dryer Set All Bamboo 18' x 18' Mini Solar Dryer with 12' x12'
Working Shade and 12' x 8' Stockroom. 1 Set 40,000.00 40,000.00
Alol Planting Frames 6 Block 7.5m x 12m Bamboo and Plastic Binder Frame
with 150 Detachable Polyrope Single lines. 20 Set 16,912.50 338,250.00
Cutting Tools Assorted Bolo & Knives 600.00
Improvised Spike Guide Bar Pointed Heavy Steel Bar fabricated from scrap vehicle axle 1 Pc 3,000.00 3,000.00
Salter Hanging Scale Heavy Duty (120kg Capacity) Hanging Scale 1 Unit 4,000.00 4,000.00
Hauling Duyan* Heavy Duty 100kg Capacity duyan made from 1 roll #9 Polyrope 1 Unit 350.00 350.00
Gathering Net Bag* Net Bag Made from 2 meters 2cm Screen Mesh and 3 feet 9mm Stainless rod. 3 Set 150.00 450.00
Drying/Working Screen Double height fine mesh screen 18 Meters 65.00 1,170.00
All Purpose Trapal Trapal for covering seaweeds on drying and for extra shade as needed 10 Meters 65.00 650.00
Motorized Boat* Medium size (500 kg load capacity) 5hp/7.5hp Motorized boat 1 unit 45,000.00 45,000.00
Startup Seedlings 1 MT per Frame Modules x 20 frames 20 tonnes 4,500.00 110,000.00
Startup Planting Labor 20 frames @ 150 lines/frame 3,000 lines 16.00 48,000.00
First Harvests Labor To Cover Labor Costs during first Harvest 3,000 Lines 20.00 60,000.00
Startup Gasoline/Fuel Startup & First Harvest Fuel (20 Alol x 3 liters) 60 Liters 55.00 3,300.00
Startup Supervisor Salary Supervisor Salary for the first/startup 3 months 3 months 15,000.00 45,000.00
TOTAL 695,770.00
B.
Capital Requirements for 1 Alol Planting Frame Module (In Detail)
Qty Description Unit Unit Cost Total
1 #22 Polyrope roll 1,850.00 1,850.00
10 25mm x 4' Corrugated bar Spike pcs 350.00 3,500.00
10 Plastic Binder roll 120.00 1,200.00
12 #8 Polyrope roll 260.00 3,120.00
12 Softie Plastic twine roll 110.00 1,320.00
3 Test 110lbs Mono-F Nylon roll 110.00 330.00
450 PET bottles pcs 0.65 292.50
7 Large Special Bamboo length 200.00 1,400.00
Sub-total 13,012.50
Labor
7 Frames Materials preparation Man-days 200.00 1,400.00
10 Frame anchor/spike installation pcs 100.00 1,000.00
150 Brand New Single Line Preparation lines 10.00 1,500.00
Sub-total 3,900.00
Grand Total 16,912.50
C. Farm Management
a. The 20 frames will be distributed to the five clusters @ 4 frame modules each.
b. The 4 frame modules will be managed as:
i. 1 module for dried harvest @ 60 days cycle to a total of 6 annual cycles.
ii. 1 module for harvest for seedlings @ 30 days cycle to a total of 12 annual cycles
iii. 1 module is awarded to 2 most needy cluster members who will serve as utility guys for the cluster subset. Their frame module will be the startup for the “Contract Farming” system and will be harvested for seedlings depending on the need and demand as per availment of “plant a mangrove tree for seedlings” program.
iv. 1 module as germplasm for the subset.
c. Classification of Income/Revenue
i. Dried Harvest – 5 modules @ 6 cycles gross
ii. Seedling harvest - 5 modules @ 12 cycles gross
iii. Seedling harvest via interdepartmental/inter-module charges (germplasm) – 5 modules gross
iv. Fresh buying from ‘Contract Growing’ – 5 modules net of operations, gross from administrative and utility.
D. Projected Revenue
Projected Annual Revenue at Fixed price
Description Qty Unit Uprice Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
1. Dried Harvest (5 modules x 150 lines x 5kg per line x 6 cycles)
with 1 module per sub-set annual expansion. 22,500 kg 42.00 945,000.00 1,890,000.00 2,835,000.00 3,780,000.00 4,725,000.00
2. Seedling Harvest (5 modules x 150 lines x 25kg per line x 12 cycles) 225,000 kg 5.50 1,237,500.00 1,237,500.00 1,237,500.00 1,237,500.00 1,237,500.00
3. Seedling Harvest via Inter-departmental/Inter-module charges
(5 modules x 150 lines x 25kg per line x 12 cycles x 75%) 168,750 kg 5.50 928,125.00 928,125.00 928,125.00 928,125.00 928,125.00
4. Fresh Buying via Contract Growing
(5 modules x 150 lines x 25kg per line x 12 cycles x 75%)
with Annual Expansion of 65 modules/Alol 168,750 kg 1.00 168,750.00 2,362,500 4,556,250 6,750,000 8,943,750
Annual Total 3,279,375.00 6,418,125.00 9,556,875.00 12,695,625.00 15,834,375.00
E. Operations Cost and Depreciation
Annual Operations Cost and Depreciation
Description Qty Unit Uprice Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
1. Dried Harvest
Seedlings (5 modules x 1 tonne/module x 6 cycles) 30 tonnes 5,500.00 165,000.00 330,000 495,000 660,000 825,000
Planting Labor (5 modules x 150 lines/module x 6 cycles) 4,500 lines 16.00 72,000.00 144,000 216,000 288,000 360,000
Single lines preparation (5 modules x 150 lines x 6 cycles) 4,500 lines 8.00 36,000.00 72,000 108,000 144,000 180,000
Harvesting labor (5 modules x 150 lines x 6 cycles) 4,500 lines 15.00 67,500.00 135,000 202,500 270,000 337,500
Bagging & Delivery labor (31,500 kg /80 kg per bag) 394 bags 30.00 11,812.50 23,625 35,438 47,250 59,063
Sub-total 352,312.50 704,625.00 1,056,937.50 1,409,250.00 1,761,562.50
2. Seedling Harvest
Seedlings (5 modules x 1 tonne/module x 12 cycles) 60 tonnes 5,500.00 330,000.00 330,000.00 330,000.00 330,000.00 330,000.00
Planting Labor (5 modules x 150 lines/module x 12 cycles) 9,000 lines 16.00 144,000.00 144,000.00 144,000.00 144,000.00 144,000.00
Single lines preparation (5 modules x 150 lines x 12 cycles) 9,000 lines 8.00 72,000.00 72,000.00 72,000.00 72,000.00 72,000.00
Harvesting labor (5 modules x 150 lines x 12 cycles) 9,000 lines 10.00 90,000.00 90,000.00 90,000.00 90,000.00 90,000.00
Sub-total 636,000.00 636,000.00 636,000.00 636,000.00 636,000.00
3. Seedling Harvest via Inter-departmental/Inter-module charges
with annual expansion of 2 modules.
Seedlings - 1 time only (5 modules x 1 tonne per module) 5 tonnes 5,500.00 27,500.00 38,500.00 49,500.00 60,500.00 71,500.00
Planting Labor (5 modules x 150 lines/module x 12 cycles) 9,000 lines 16.00 144,000 201,600 259,200 316,800 374,400
Single lines preparation (5 modules x 150 lines x 12 cycles) 9,000 lines 8.00 72,000 100,800 129,600 158,400 187,200
Sub-total 243,500.00 340,900.00 438,300.00 535,700.00 633,100.00
4. Fresh buying via contract growing for seedlings
with annual expansion of 65 modules.
Harvesting labor (5 modules x 150 lines x 12 cycles) 9,000 lines 10.00 90,000 1,260,000 2,430,000 3,600,000 4,770,000
Note: Part of the contract growing is free harvesting labor.
5. Depreciation & amortization
Mini Solar dryer set (35,000 / 5 years (60 months))
+ (200,000/20 years) on the 2nd year onwards. 12 months 583.33 7,000.00 17,000.00 17,000.00 17,000.00 17,000.00
Motorized boat (45,000 / 5 years (60 months))
+ 200,000/5 on the 2nd year onwards. 12 months 750.00 9,000.00 49,000.00 49,000.00 49,000.00 49,000.00
Alol frames and single lines (15 unawarded frames only)
(15 x 16,912.50 / 120 months) + 7 annual expansion. 12 months 2,114.06 25,368.75 37,207.50 49,046.25 60,885.00 72,723.75
Sub-total 41,368.75 103,207.50 115,046.25 126,885.00 138,723.75
Grand Total 1,363,181.25 3,044,732.50 4,676,283.75 6,307,835.00 7,939,386.25
1,321,812.50 2,941,525.00 4,561,237.50 6,180,950.00 7,800,662.50
F. Five Year Operations, Revenue and Expense Projection
Five Year Revenue and Expense Projection and Projected Year-end Cash Balances
Amount
Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Annual Gross Income 3,279,375.00 6,418,125.00 9,556,875.00 12,695,625.00 15,834,375.00
Less:
Operating Costs 1,321,812.50 2,941,525.00 4,561,237.50 6,180,950.00 7,800,662.50
Farm Equipt. Repair and Maintenance (5% of Operating Cost) 66,090.63 147,076.25 228,061.88 309,047.50 390,033.13
Depreciation & Amortization 41,368.75 103,207.50 115,046.25 126,885.00 138,723.75
Office Supplies, Connectivity & Equipment Maintenance (1% of Operating Cost) 13,218.13 29,415.25 45,612.38 61,809.50 78,006.63
Salaries (15% of Total Cost) 254,557.06 568,451.29 873,522.00 1,178,592.71 1,483,663.41
Total 1,697,047.06 3,789,675.29 5,823,480.00 7,857,284.71 9,891,089.41
Net Income 1,582,327.94 2,628,449.71 3,733,395.00 4,838,340.29 5,943,285.59
Less:
Seedlings Contingency Fund (1 tonne per Alol x 70 Alol x 5,500.00 per tonne) 385,000.00 742,500.00 1,100,000.00 1,457,500.00 1,815,000.00
Available Funds After Contingency 1,197,327.94 1,885,949.71 2,633,395.00 3,380,840.29 4,128,285.59
Less: Contract Growing Expansion of 1 Alol per Sub-set per month (16,912.5 x 5 x 12) 1,014,750.00 1,014,750.00 1,014,750.00 1,014,750.00 1,014,750.00
First Year Solar Dryer(s) Project 50,000.00
Second Year Coop Store Opening 100,000.00
Second Year Boat(s) Project 250,000.00
Third Year Fishing Boat(s) Project 500,000.00
Third Year Solar Dryer(s) Project 500,000.00
Funds Available for Operations Expansion 132,577.94 521,199.71 618,645.00 2,366,090.29 3,113,535.59
Operations expansion of 1 alol for harvest per Sub-set per year (16,912.50 x 5)
+ 2 Alol germplasm per year. 118,387.50 118,387.50 118,387.50 118,387.50 118,387.50
Funds Available for Operations & Extension 14,190.44 402,812.21 500,257.50 2,247,702.79 2,995,148.09
Add: Depreciation 41,368.75 103,207.50 115,046.25 126,885.00 138,723.75
Add back contingency 385,000.00 742,500.00 1,100,000.00 1,457,500.00 1,815,000.00
Prior Year + Year-end Cash Balance 440,559.19 1,689,078.90 3,404,382.65 7,236,470.44 12,185,342.28
3. Total Requested Funding
Mangrove Seedling Nursery 158,175.00
Seaweeds Farm & Nursery 695,770.00
Total 853,945.00
II. Tapping and Anchoring upon National, Local Government (Barangay & City), Agencies and Instrumentalities, Development Plans
1. Talon-talon Barangay Development Plan (Brgy. Ord. # _______________________________ )
2. Zamboanga City Development Plan (City Ordinance # _______________________________ )
3. Department of Agriculture through BFAR
4. Department of Education
5. Department of Social Welfare and Development
6. Cooperatives Development Authority
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| Layag-layag is a potential mollusks and crustaceans culture site |
III. Quasi-Governmental & Non-Governmental Organizations
1. Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation – Being a tree planting advocate, PTFCF will be the primary target client/sponsor for the mangrove nursery products and caretaker funding. A separate project proposal is in looms.
2. Seaweeds Industries Association of the Philippines – Our guide and advocate for a relational business model working together towards global competitiveness in productivity, quality and equity to industry players and farmers.
3. Philippine Business Solutions & - Being non-large business operators ourselves, we need expert guidance in running a successful social business enterprise towards being self-sufficient and self governing entity aimed at no other than equity of income to each of our community members.
4. Gawad Kalinga – Our model and partner for provision of decent urban poor housing and community development.
5. Philippine Funds for Little Kids – Our fire starter and primary platform for national and global advancement through media exposure, institutional orientation and information repository.
6. Tzu-Chi Foundation-Zamboanga – Our conduit for funds management and National Operations Management Base.
Conclusion and Acknowledgement
We are a people of no treasure than a heart for work and a desire for a better life. We may dream big and accomplish more but are too shorthanded to make them happen within our own lifetime. But as we realize, it is such an irresponsibility to pass these dreams to the next generation to act on for it may be too late or too hard to start by then. So here we are acting on the little part we can do today, show to the world what our little hands can do – sharing the desire to do more and let God the almighty to make it happen.
We thank God for Philippine Funds for Little Kids which was conceived for this purpose and more - kindling the fire within us and our supporters’ hearts. And for Tzu Chi Foundation for the great love and the way it works within human hearts translated to uplifted lives and eased sufferings in our community and the world over. All these are just the start and can be sustained for generations with you all working with us and our joint efforts and resources can make it happen. GOD help us…
