Flowers are more than just beautiful to look at. Without flowers, we wouldn’t have fruits or vegetables. The global flower market is an $80 billion industry. And with more than 100 BILLION stems harvested every year, flowers are an important source of income for farmers around the world! 

Meet the farmers whose incomes are blooming, thanks to your support.

Your love in bloom around the world

NEPAL

In Nepal, we help farmers grow and sell the vibrant marigolds that local families use to celebrate religious festivals.

Thanks to your compassion, Nani Kumari Thapa and her fellow flower farmers received support to grow healthier, larger and greater numbers of flowers through an LWR-supported women’s cooperative.

Nani says, “We have been able to sell flowers in abundance, which is very good for us.”

TANZANIA

In Tanzania, we help farmers turn their pyrethrum daisies into organic pesticides that protect their food crops and increase their incomes.

The Mwanzonga family has been farming pyrethrum for decades, but without your support, the fertilizers they need to grow their flowers and food crops have become too expensive for them to make ends meet.

Because of generous people like you, farmers are being trained and supported with the proper tools, equipment and education to fetch top dollar for their crops.

“Pyrethrum is good because we can harvest it all season, again and again,” says farmer Angelina Amon Mwanzonga. 

“Without pyrethrum, I couldn’t pay for the food or for my grandchildren’s school fees,” says Martin Kembo Mwamwezi. 

Although Martin did not start primary school until he was 23 years old and did not go far in his education, he is proud that all five of his children finished secondary school and are doing well as adults.

INDONESIA

In Indonesia, we teach farmers to recycle their unsold flowers into organic fertilizers they can use and sell.

Temi Melasari Boru Ginting is a mother of 5 and a flower farmer. When we met her at an agricultural training, she was surprised to learn that her unsold flowers can be turned into fertilizer — saving her money and improving her flower and food crops.

“If we cut some flowers, brought them to the marketplace and couldn't sell them, we were very sad, because to fulfill our needs our economy was not sufficient,” she says. “Now that we have learned about producing eco-enzyme [fertilizer], now we feel happy and feel helped.” 

Thank you for helping the world’s flower farmers support their families and create a future that blooms.

Until your love reaches 
every neighbor.