Development

Child hunger, malnutrition, water-borne diseases, lack of long-term housing and little or no access to education - these are some of the most basic results of poverty. But when a community has the tools and support they need to find solutions to poverty, incredible things happen!

ERDO helps families and communities find their way out of poverty and build futures of promise by offering programs that:

• Teach new, eco-friendly and profitable farming techniques
• Instruct families about breeding, raising and selling farm animals to generate income
• Help people start small businesses and provide small business loans
• Drill clean water wells and teach communities how to maintain them 
• Repair and build affordable homes, schools, and clinics
• Offer vocational training and employment skills

Read about our overseas development projects and learn how you can partner with ERDO to do good.

Feature Projects

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Microfinance / The Wezesha Project

Microfinance is a concept that is poised to change the face of poverty around the world. By empowering impoverished individuals to help themselves, microfinance is stopping poverty one person at a time.

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Zambia Food Security through Conservation Farming

Families in Zambia live on less than a $1 a day and as a result are suffering from extreme hunger, rampant poverty, unemployment and disease.

 

 

 

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Life: Just Add Water

Youth across Canada are raising money in support of ERDO's Life: Just Add Water Campaign. Join the movement as together we provide clean water and hope to communities in need, one well at a time.

Ongoing Projects

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Zimbabwe Agricultural Recovery project

Families in Zimbabwe are facing extreme food shortages due to ongoing drought, disease and country- wide economic failure.