By Julia Smith | Chief Processing Officer
We are excited to introduce Mr. Presence Mutundi.
Presence is one of the 29 participants of the joint Pro-Microfinance-Community Shamba Project training in Butembo/East DR Congo in October last year. During the two weeks hands-on permaculture design training, participants from local schools and organizations had the opportunity to learn permaculture principles promoting food security and self-sufficiency.
After the training, Mr. Presence Mutundi worked with a group of 30 people to teach them about permaculture principles. At the Mariana Primary school, a rural elementary school on the outskirts of Butembo, North Kivu there are now 30 subplots of 7 by 20 meters each, where each person trained by Presence is trying their own experimental garden using intercropping techniques and liquid manure.
Presence and his students are now reaping the corn, beans and cauliflower from their first harvest and this is just the beginning. He hopes to continue sharing these lessons and others learned from the training with members of his community.
Increasing the knowledge and skills of local communities is exactly what Pro-microfinance is passionate about. This is one of the many success stories you help to create when supporting Pro-Microfinance initiatives.
By John Kavyavu | COO
By Julia Smith | COO
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