Economic Growth South Sudan Project #3340

Combat Malnutrition with Beekeeping in South Sudan

by Hope Ofiriha

Project Report | Jul 29, 2015
Omilling women see hope in bee keeping

By William Logai Ochieng | Executive director

Omilling women see hope in beekeeping!

Thanks for your continued support to promote Beekeeping in South Sudan project.

Your gift and cash from different contributors helped to purchase materials to produce ten hives, which were given to two women.

Women in Magwi County and Omilling village have turned on beekeeping to help fight poverty and transform their lives.

Several women, Hope Ofiriha, spoke to said the activity was paying off had the wild monkeys not destroy the hives a year ago.

With no chance to get a decent job, a beneficiary who refused be named, felt she had to try out what she thought was a risky enterprise - beekeeping.

I tried working in quarry stones, but I could not stay for long because of the arduous nature of the job,” she said.

I looked around and found that the only alternative for me was beekeeping. Ever since she begun beekeeping, she has been supplying honey to urban areas in the country including Juba.

I got skills and start up kits from Hope Ofiriha. Previously, I was a destitute with nothing to feed myself and my husband, she said.

She said each of her new five beehives she received three months ago produces at least 20 liter honey per hive which she sells at $ 40 each. She has five such beehives that fetch her well $200 per harvest.

Hope Ofiriha trains women in beekeeping and vegetable growing activities and helps them access start-up capital in the form of a microloan.

We will be sending you a new field update after three months so that you get to know the impact your contributions.

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Apr 7, 2015
Thanks for Giving more Beehives

By William Logai Ochieng | Executive director

We need your help to make Beehives!

Thanks for your continued support to promote Beekeeping.
The wild monkeys destroyed beehives a year ago which had an adverse impact on a project pushing it to a scratch level. We are adding a funding goal by and additional of $10,000-, because of this. We are appreciate your understanding in this matter.

Your gift and donations from different contributors will help make ten new hives in 2015 to add to 50 hives produced in 2014. Hope Ofiriha distributes these bee hives to 11 households.

Although the road to a project is always too bad, and unpaved. At this stage, it is manageable to drive at a start of a rainfall. The security in the County has been inadequate since earlier March. Before a project distributes hives to beneficiaries - Hope Ofiriha makes sure a truck can go cautiously and return safely. We are still contemplating a date, and once set up the goods will be transported to a site in this April.

Hope Ofiriha will be sending you a new field update report after a quarter to inform you with stages we are taking to rebuild a project, and how your contribution is making the impact in the ground.

Owinyikibul villagers clashed with new recruits in earlier March. The government and the opposition have failed to reach a peace deal despite the pressure from IGAD, UN, and the World. There are new fierce clashes in Jonglei and Upper Nile States. Humanitarian situation is worsening. There are 1.5 million people displaced from their villages of which some are living in exile as refugees.

In Owinyikibul of Magwi County, new soldiers recruit clashed with local villagers earlier March. The drunken soldier had refused to pay for the services where he was stuck in a bar fighting. He then organized his fellow recruits burning more than 100 houses and market stalls in retaliation. One recruit in the clashes. A chief has blamed the trainers for failing to keep discipline.

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Dec 9, 2014
50 beehives on way to Omilling

By William Logai Ochieng | Executive director

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