By Emily Smith | Voluntary Field Worker
The effort to buy the mums at the Turning Point farm their own land is pushing ever forward. Though we have not yet raised all the needed funds, Turning Point have received enough pledges and donations to get the ball rolling on acquiring the land and so last Saturday Pastor and Kariuki travelled up to Kinangop to purchase 6 acres of land for the mums. The mums have been scouring the area choosing a spot for their own farm, some have found neighbouring plots and will continue to live close together, others have branched a bit further from the others. All the plots are within the same area and the kids are likely to still attend the same school.
So to date, 6 of the 7 acres have been bought, the 7th mum had some trouble with the previous owner of the land she chose and is continuing her search. What remains is to build homes on each plot and for the mums to start preparing their new land for planting.
Here on Globalgiving we have nearly reached the halfway mark to raising the funds for one of those mum's farms. Thank you to all who have donated through Globalgiving and to all those churches who have been working hard to raise funds for each of the mums at the farm. These are very exciting times for the families and for Turning Point, thank you for sharing in that with us!
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