Hope For The Nations

Here's another great update from our friend Patrick in Bungoma!

Greetings my friends!

On Wednesday this week, I was privileged to have a meeting with the Bungoma city mayor and the Town clerk. The agenda was street children re-integration program. We had a great discussion where I explained how a strategic plan must be put in place. I highlighted what we would like the municipal council to do as the key stakeholders. The response was very good.
I continue to pursue the issue of settling these children until it is done. It is a vision I will never give up until justice is done to these children who have big dreams including becoming the president of our country.
It has not been easy but God is in control. Today, I received a call from world vision (Aphia II office) promising to sponsor the training of the implementing team this month. It will cost Kshs. 270,000 and they have said they will pay for the training.

Why training? Those involved in the implementation process need to be trained so that they can understand whole concept of Bungoma street children re-integration program. Without training, people can muddle with things under assumption.

2 days ago, a group of Aphia 2 western visited our organic farm and they were impressed. They carried some of the harvest particularly egg plant and green pepper to their office. Today I have received a call from their office informing me that they are going to fund us for one green house. The beneficiaries of this green house will be 42 women including 18 widows and 28 people living with HIV virus. Do you see how God works miracles?

Patrick
 

Take a look at this great project in Bungoma run by local village widows!

This project has attracted many people in the village. We have 24 widows who have so far managed to own a ¼ acre kitchen garden of organic farming. In our demonstration site which is close to our house, we have had groups of people from various places come for learning and they pay some little fee.

Last week, I invited the chief and all 13 village elders for a cup of tea and during the meeting my agenda with them was the organic farming. We had a very fruitful meeting. They have seen what it is and to proof their support for the project, each village elder including the chief donated a ¼ an acre of land for our project. We are preparing this week to go around the location into the homes of the village elders and measure our portion which we are going to use as demonstration site for each village.

In our first demonstration side, we have 72 beds with 21 different crops which include 8 different kinds of vegetables, 5 different types of beans, fruits, flowers, moringa tree, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, water Mellon, green pepper, e.t.c. Attached are some pictures of our organic products.