Journal 3: Reflections on the field trip to ECHO

While at ECHO (Educational Concern for Hunger Organization) there were several amounts of information that I was unaware of out hunger around the world. I was also very intrigued about the several of different things that ECHO does for the starving nations around the world. While watching the movie, we were giving a foundation on what ECHO does. ECHO serves 180 countries around the world for those who are in need of hunger. They use a strategy in which helps fight the hunger throughout these nations. They use a problem solving strategy to find out where the problem of hunger is coming from. Then ECHO provides seeds to these different areas in which vary from monsoon, summit dry arid, rainforest climates. All the seeds may be different because only certain types of plants can survive in certain types of climates. Yet ECHO finds the different type of plants that are able to provide for the different climates. I was also amazed at the education and training that ECHO provided to these people who are in hunger. There was several of different types of water irrigation pumps, and soap dispensers that were made out of the littlest things that can be found just about anywhere. The most amazing was the water drip irrigation that was simply made out of a bucket and two sticks which could provide water irrigation to a whole crop. Also, they made a level for the summit arid regions made out of a rock, string, and two sticks which would help level out the area in which the people may be planting their crops.

Yet when at ECHO, the most amazing thing that ECHO provides is the Moranga leaf, also known as the miracle vegetable. The Moranga leaf can be grown in almost all regions and the morgana leaf does not only provide all the extra vitamins, calcium, potassium, and protein that the human body needs, but it also purifies water. By ECHO sending one seed to all these areas of starvation. They can save several of these starving people from walking miles and miles just for water.

Also, another very interesting concept that ECHO has developed was the duck poop that drops into a pond to build up the size of tilapia. This simple and easy concept that ECHO developed allows a lot of these poor countries to have protein on hand and have enough to feed a village. It also allows these countries to maybe sell some of these duck and tilapia for money or even trade for other type of food for their villages.

All in all, ECHO provides the basic necessities to help cure hunger. They provide the specific seeds for the certain regions, the education that is needed for their surrounding environments, and the basic training needed to plant crops and let a crop grow to its full potential. ECHO does not just give the hungry food but they go by the saying, “give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a life time”. They teach the hungry how to grow food and give them the ability to eat for a lifetime.

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