Seeds Fight HungerGardens give nutrition, income, and self-reliance.
Crisis RecoveryAfter disaster response: what’s next?
LivelihoodGardens grow income for education, medicines, tools.
Women’s EmpowermentWomen with resources and power can transform lives.
Resiliency GardensResiliency Gardens to aid Ukrainian refugees
Success StoriesTiny seeds that made a big difference.
Where SPI Seeds Come FromWe help top-quality vegetable seeds find new homes.
Where SPI Seeds GoWe’ve partnered in over 75 countries.
Victoria fled the Ukraine with her two children and now grapples with her 4 year old son’s realization that they are “going to the place with no bombs” but are “having to leave his dad behind.” Over 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, are struggling with a similar realization as they enter Poland seeking safety and refuge. Millions more are projected to follow in the coming weeks. This unprecedented rapid migration is stressing food supplies and creating shortages all over Poland. Vegetables are often more difficult to obtain. Seed Programs International is partnering with churches, schools, and other grassroots organizations in Poland to create home and community vegetable gardens to boost the food supply for Ukrainian refugees and the families and communities that have graciously brought them into their home. Planting gardens within these communities not only addresses food supply issues but can alleviate distress, promote resiliency, and increase place connection for displaced refugees in a time of extreme duress. Research has shown that gardening can reduce depression, anxiety, and build a sense of community. As the frosts subside, the Spring planting season is just around the corner in May. Your donation helps fund seed access and community education programs that will support vegetable production and healing for families and communities.
Half the world still lives on less than $2 per day. On this budget, it can be impossible to sustain life. Malnutrition in the developing world causes dire consequences for nearly a billion people, 60% of them women and girls. Yet, there is hope for change as the majority of those who are hungry are farmers by trade, but lack the resources to grow their own food. In many developing countries, women in particular are well-positioned to lead families and communities out of malnutrition and poverty.
Hunger is overcome when people are empowered to produce their own food.
Seed Programs International provides quality seeds and critically-needed expertise to impoverished communities in developing countries. The strategy initiates a cycle of self-sufficiency that gives people resources they need to feed themselves. Extra vegetables are readily sold to bring household income. Gardeners are then able to cover school fees and supplies, garden equipment, and healthcare, furthering their ability to overcome poverty.
With SPI’s investment in their futures, people around the world are achieving better lives—for their families and their communities.
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Seed Programs International
PO Box 9163
Asheville, NC 28815
+1-828-337-8632
Seed Programs Canada (Affiliate)
Registered Charity No. 839858107RR0001
Lombardy, ON
613-406-6100
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Seed Programs International (SPI) is a non-profit, tax exempt, non-governmental humanitarian organization.
We work thorough other humanitarian organizations, church groups, service clubs and individual donors, to provide quality seed to impoverished communities in developing countries enabling them to grow some of their own food. In addition to seed, SPI provides critical seed expertise and experience operating seed based self help programs.”
SPI is operated by individuals with over 50 years seed industry experience plus over 20 years experience in vegetable research and production. We also have 15 years experience operating programs that have successfully shipped seed to over 70 countries on five continents. SPI has shipped enough seed to plant over 1,000,000 vegetable gardens, providing more than 20 kinds of vegetables that are rich in vitamins and minerals often missing in people’s diets.
