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Please tell a story about a time when a person or organization tried to help someone or change something in your community:

Organic Farming

Farming is the major economic activity in western kenya.in my neighbourhood at hamisi district most people have been planting vegetables but unfortnately the soil acidity has not been favorable . That has been came to visit kenya and realised that they can be of help to the local farmers.led by mr. hirofumi nagata,the youth around were given several projects mainly based on organnic farming and these youth would educate the entire village on what they are doing.This proved to be fruitfull because afterwards the villagers realised that after application of organic farming an increase in their yields which made them happy because they not only had enough food but had enough money after selling their farm products.

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  • This story relates to knowledge
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About This Story

  • Gender of storyteller: Male
  • Age of storyteller: 16-21 years old
  • This story took place 1-2 years ago
  • Location: Koibarak, Cheptulu, Kenya
 
This story describes a...
a need
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Who benefited from what happened in the story...
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nobody
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This story describes a...
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