Improve Livelihoods of 225 HIV-Affected Families

This project has progressed very well and our beneficiaries are very successful since they started the journey with us. Although the year started with many challenges, eventually the situation improved and all has been well. There has been rains since May this year after prolonged drought in most parts of the country. As previously reported, there have been a lot of farm produce and our beneficiaries are not left behind in terms of production. They have been harvesting and planting short term crops and enjoying variety of products from their own gardens. The income they have been earning from sales of surplus farm produce have been catering for other family basic needs as well as paying school fees for their children. We are happy that they have achieved a lot from this which has been made possible by the generous contribution from our friends and well-wishers. Thank you for improving livelihoods of our people. Those who received livestock have not been left behind as they have been enjoying eggs, milk and meat from chicken, goats and sheep. Their diet has also been great since they have been getting most of the animal proteins that they require most. During the distribution, we had agreed that those who received the livestock will share with the rest once the livestock get young once and many have received chicks and others are waiting for the kids and lamb from goats and sheep. This has been great step of ensuring that all our beneficiaries will have livestock once the chain is complete. There have been internal trainings on animal husbandly for the project beneficiaries where they are being trained various animal management practices an exercise which has been very important to all of them. We hope to have many more trainings to ensure that they gain more knowledge on livestock management so that they can also be training other community members. Thank you for all the support that we have receive and we request for more support to enable us achieve even more.