doTERRA Co-Impact Sourcing - Lemongrass (Translated Subtitles)

<<3>> The farmers were not getting anything out of this land.

<<6>> They were not cultivating anything here.

<<7>> It was totally barren. This belongs to the group. The community.

<<11>> The yield is quite good. It has been harvested four times.

<<16>> Last year they planted so this is just the first year.

<<19>> The plants will last five or six years more.

<<22>> They are quite happy because they are getting money out of this.

<<26>> So this is the plantation when I came in January.

<<32>> This is the same tree here.

<<34>> This has already been harvested twice.

<<37>> So they've sown it, harvested it once,

<<40>> and it's already back to a point where it's getting close to being harvested again.

<<44>> It's just exciting to see how fast it's grown and

<<47>> think about the prospects for the future, for this community.

<<52>> This is a great example of how the wasted land could be utilised

<<57>> for the elevation of extreme poverty and

<<62>> I'm so impressed, I'm really delighted today to

<<65>> see this happening and thanks to doTERRA that it's been possible.

<<73>> (On these newly planted lands, local women have gathered for the third time this year.)

<<81>> (These fields represent new opportunities to help provide for themselves and their families.)

<<93>> I am very happy that I have work throughout the whole year, right here, close to home.

<<97>> We send this lemongrass to the distillery that is also very close.

<<104>> We don't need to wait to be paid for our work. We get the money right away.

<<112>> Before this it was hard to find work at all. Now I have been able to make 45,000 rupees.

<<132>> I have been a widow since I was very young.

<<136>> I was left to raise my two sons all on my own.

<<140>> I have been a harvester here and I am able to use

<<143>> the money I make to support them and pay for their schooling.

<<146>> What do you want to be when you grow up?

<<150>> A teacher.

<<153>> A farmer.

<<157>> (After she finished harvesting. Rukin invited us to visit her home.)

<<167>> (We would learn that her burden was even greater than we knew.)

<<176>> My mother and father are getting older and are not able to work.

<<181>> I also have two younger brothers who are still in school.

<<187>> I'm the only one at home that is able to work.

<<193>> Since the new fields were planted the work has increased significantly.

<<204>> (Without these amazing women, and hundreds like them, we wouldn't be able to source this amazing essential oil.)

<<212>> (Our pursuit will be to ensure that they are empowered to achieve their dream of a better life.)

<<219>> I was here to plant this field and now I am able to harvest.

<<228>> I enjoy coming here to work. This is where the opportunity is.