When crops fail due to extreme weather, poor families in rural areas go hungry.  This gift can provide essential training, seeds from different strains of local crops that can survive longer without water, as well as teaching how to grow plants raised above floodwater areas. 

Kulsum is 28 years old. She lives in rural Bangladesh with her husband, The climate crisis means sea levels are rising.  This, in turn, has made the water close to Kulsum's land too salty to grow vegetables.

Through CAFOD and local farming experts, Kulsum has received seeds that can grow even in the salty conditions. So far, she has grown a range of vegetables for her and her husband to eat. She's been so successful she's also been able to sell extra vegetables at her local market.  Going forward, Kulsum has been able to preserve seeds from the vegetables she has grown.  That means she can continue to plant and grow them for future harvests despite the poor soil conditions.

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