Teach Tiko 'survival package' to next generation

To start the project out of 22 parents with 44 children, 22 parents with one child each were picked for the first part of the project.

Out of these, four weeks later, we found 12 children, three of whose parents had arrived in the morning, but were told about a funeral, which they went to attend. This number is amazing, as just the week before the rains have started, which makes all the villagers go and work in their fields, as they are normally too late with the preparation for planting their beloved maize. Eleven children received their 20 kwacha, out of 5 K per week, as agreed. Only one amount was not given to the boy, whose excuse via his mother was that he had to go and play football. He was helping with 7 vegetable rings, though, Tiko will go to investigate before the next 4 weeks are up.

The reports on the activities the children had done were interesting – little Prosper, age 7, who had been accepted inspite of being too young, had watered every day, his mother says, and they are all eating the rape. – Three children reported to have planted a vegetable ring, but it turned out, that they did not make the TIKO ORGANIC FERTILIZER properly. It needs three ingredients, but their families did not have a WORM FARM. We will help with starting the missing worm farms, once the planting season is over The humus is easier and faster to make than the HOT 18 DAY BERKELEY COMPOST, which makes the final product cheaper.

One family sent just one girl, Veronica. She offered to provide HUMUS, when it turned out the first time, that the fertilizer had not been complete. She is from the family of Blackson, the first health worker who, when Tiko had a vegetable ring put into his yard, was so excited, that he made a second ring that same week, with local materials. The family live close to the girl Doris, who had not had that ingredient, and was promptly provided by Tiko with K 10, the cost of one small bag of HUMUS – AGRICULTURE AS A BUSINESS, YEAH!!

The first outcome of our output research clearly indicates that the project has a future – indeed, the Tiko crew have already asked whether we could involve their children as well.

Thanks a million, dear donors, we wish you to be as happy as the children when they receive, and had to sign, their first pocket money ever. Remember, that custom does not yet exist in Katete.

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