Great news! so we met with A-mow today and went to the village where they want to do the sustainable farming. we listed our terms and conditions and after some back and forth, came to an agreement (pretty much A-mows original plans) and we figured we have enough to fund 4 families with the works. They will each get pigs, chickens, fish and stuff to grow seeds. We pay the money upfront for the 4 families for the supplies and in one years' time, when the next HELP group get here, each family that received this year will give half of their goods to another family. In one years time from then, the next HELP group with over see the next families and so on. Pretty sustainable if I do say so myself. If things go to plan we will buy the stuff we need this Saturday and start building on Monday. Our goal is to have everything set up and finished by the time we leave. A-mow will oversee the progress of the families. Another plus is that the 4 families are the village preacher, the village leader, the woman's organization leader and another leader. So it will be good to see how they progress next year. Anyway this is just a quick update we are all pretty excited about.
some of what the pig stalls will look like.
Pigs have two litters a year of anywhere from 8 to 12 piglets.
Here A-mow is explaining to us about how his NGO has done sustainable farming in the past at the village where we will continue it.
I think he was showing us random plants we could eat.
This is a garden that will be replicated for the families.
I love that you are making such an immediate difference - it must be amazing to experience first hand. And that is the scariest looking mama pig I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteVery cool Jona! I also think the pig is a little scary looking. Was she mean? :) Keep up the good work. We can't wait to see you in a few weeks.
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