Improve Livelihoods of 225 HIV-Affected Families

So far we have not raised funds for our earlier initiative of installing rope and washer pumps at beneficiaries homestead for domestic use and irrigating their kitchen during the dry spell. We have not given up and we are working hard towards fundraising and we therefore request our well wishers to consider supporting this initiative. Currently the situation is not good as it has been very dry in most areas and some beneficiaries are not able to irrigate their kitchen gardens thus resulting to reduced vegetable production and in some areas no production at all. This is not only affecting their budget but also affecting their nutrition as many cannot afford to buy the supplement regularly. We are hoping the situation will improve soon and the beneficiaries will be in a position to reestablish their kitchen gardens. We are planning to provide them with seeds and organic fertilizer during the next planting season to enable them continue.

The project is ongoing though we did not manage to fund-raise enough funds required for installing rope and washer techniques as earlier reported. We are still fundraising for that and we hope we will at least manage to have 2 pumps installed by February next year. Luckily it has been raining in most areas which mean that their kitchen gardens are still green with a lot of vegetables and other crops. We were able to provide them with more seeds and seedlings and they have already planted them. Most of them have learnt the techniques of seed saving and value addition they have been learning a lot from the neighboring youth polytechnics on agribusiness, animal husbandry and cottage industry. This is one of the projects that really picked very well and supported by many people in the community. We thank all those who have contributed for the success of this project and we look forward for more achievements.