By By Elvis Omindi and Simon Karanja | Project assistant and leader
This year, one of the most exciting things we have done at SEAM has been to get the children of SEAM to practice what they have been learning in their own lives at homes, and to share the knowledge they have acquired with their family members.
By Elvis Omindi
13/12/2024.
Accompanied by the agriculture trainer (Mr James Akumu).
We visited households 1,4,5,and 6.
HOUSEHOLD 1; met with Tina who is the sole implementer of the kitchen Garden initiative and shared with us some of her progress in the kitchen Garden as well as the tree and fruit trees she planted. Tina's mother planted tomatoes and so far, the tomatoes have been greatly affected by unknown disease which they've not been able to understand nor been able to purchase the required pesticides.
HOUSEHOLD 4.
We started with the awareness creation of the new farming technique -that of the use of zaipits.
Following there previous vegetables plantation, of which they planted cowpeas and sukuma wiki (collard greens) which they secured from COHESU .
The household has only managed to yield a few of the cowpeas. The household head (who is the mother) tells us that her neighbours chicken and the doves haven't allowed her to safeguard her veges effectively -attack from above by the doves and the chicken on the ground.
A friend may ask didn't she have safety measures such as the use of used mosquito nets? The answer is Yes, they did. "The chicks normally jump higher to reach veges in the garden,"she answered.
HOUSEHOLD 5.
Introduced the Zaipits farm technique.
The household as well had challenges to put across.
"My main challenge has always been animal menace, which to be specific are the chicks around," Florence claimed.
Yes, the household did install some safety measures but was not adequate, they were able to access one used mosquito net which was used to secure just a section of the kitchen Garden.
So far they've not harvested from the garden but by looking through their garden, the cowpeas did do well.
But we are all working together to find solutions to these issues
HOUSEHOLD 6.(Seam kid-Lodvick).
The household is doing extremely well with their little properly secured kitchen Garden, with which the sukuma wiki, amaranthus and the cowpeas are doing well.
Had an interactive session with the household head (Mr William Nyang'o), who passionately loves the initiative as well loves farming.
"My son Lodvick is really committed to his work and he even just weeded the garden," complemented mzee (the old man).
Mzee continued to request for more used mosquito nets if can be provided he could till all the remaining section of the farm and plant amaranthus.
17th Dec 2024, Teacher James and I were privileged to offer surprise gifts to the Outpost SEAM families. The households were overjoyed and praised the managerial team for the incentives.
The SEAM kids also took part in the Kenya horticultural society annual plant sale in Kisumu.
We also had a special day for the elderly women in the community who we given Christmas presents as we attempt to always improve our relationship with the members of the community in which we work.
By Simon Karanja | Project Leader
By Simon Karanja | Project Leader
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