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2 FTF-draft3.indd 2 8/20/ :23:25 AM Eating sweet potatoes will help improve Nehemia s family s diet. A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OUR SUPERFOOD APPEAL EARLIER THIS YEAR We were overwhelmed by your generosity and are delighted that you raised over 87,000 We told you about the struggles faced by Nehemia Festo, his wife Maria and their three children Beatrice, Lightness and Gift who live in Zombo village in Tanzania s Morogoro region. Like much of Tanzania, there are high levels of poverty and malnutrition in this area. Farmers like Nehemia struggle to reap a good harvest due to frequent outbreaks of pests and plant disease. And what little they do have to sell rarely fetches a good price at market or from the passing traders who visit their villages. We are pleased to let you know that work is now beginning to set up the demonstration plots where farmers like Nehemia will learn about different varieties of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, as well as how to grow them. Not only are they not susceptible to the pests that eat their other crops, these tasty tubers also provide a much-needed source of vitamin A that will help combat the high levels of malnutrition in Zombo village and across Tanzania. And with the local government heavily promoting their consumption, demand and prices are rapidly increasing, so the farmers who grow orange-fleshed sweet potatoes can be sure to earn a good income. Weaving highquality raffia products provides Agnes with a reliable source. WEAVING A WAY OUT OF POVERTY It s only four years since 56-yearold Agnes Sanka first became involved with Farm Africa but the transformation she has seen in that time is incredible. When Nehemia starts growing the sweet potatoes on his farmland, he will be able to improve his family s diet and start earning a good income to invest in his farm and his children s futures. Living on the edge of Tanzania s Nou Forest, her family once relied on a small area of land cleared of trees to grow maize, coffee, beans, pigeon peas and vegetables to feed themselves and sell at market. It was difficult to grow enough to eat three meals a day and have some surplus to sell, which meant they were left struggling to make ends meet. Thank you for helping Nehemia, and hundreds more farmers like him to transform their families futures. You can be assured that your generosity to this appeal is already bearing fruit. The forest has a rich supply of natural raffia which has been used by generations of women like Agnes to make the baskets and mats that adorn their traditional homes. But until Farm Africa started working with them, Visit /fromthefield for even more inspiring stories, directly from the field. the women had never really seen their weaving skills as a reliable source. Farm Africa carried out some research and found that there would be a good demand for high-quality woven products at markets in nearby towns and further afield in Tanzania. We then organised training sessions for Agnes and the other weavers where they learnt which products were in demand and could be sold They also learnt about how to add colour and other adornments to increase the quality and value of their products. Agnes was soon dedicating more and more time to weaving and now produces a steady stream of high-quality baskets, bags and mats and other goods to sell. There is a good market where I have managed to sell a lot of raffia products. With the extra money I can contribute to my children s school costs, buying food and clothes for my family and helping the community become better. A gift of 32 could help provide another woman, like Agnes, with the training they need to set up their own raffia selling business. SPOTLIGHT ON THE MAENDELEO AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE FUND (MAEF) CECILIA S SUCCESS WITH SORGHUM SEEDS BEATRICE S GREEN GRAMS GARDEN GROWS Beatrice Kimwele is secretary of the Kevithe Women s Group a group of 29 female farmers living in eastern Kenya s Kitui county. Growing droughttolerant crops has increased Beatrice s harvest by 100%. As is common in the area, Beatrice (pictured) and her family lived a hand-to-mouth existence reliant on their twice yearly harvests to survive. With no formal agricultural training and unable to afford to buy good-quality seeds her crops had little chance of thriving and generating the income the family so desperately needed. For up to three months at a time they survived on a just one meal each day. However, this once seemingly endless struggle is now a thing of the past for Beatrice and the other members of the Women s Group. Last year, one of Farm Africa s field officers started work with the group, teaching them which crops could thrive in Kitui s dry climate and how best to grow them. We also provided Beatrice with some high-quality seeds for green grams, cowpeas and sorghum so that she could put everything she has learnt into practice on her farm. The results were astonishing. She planted the new seeds alongside her traditional crop of maize. As is often the case, the rains were poor and Beatrice harvested nothing from her field of withered maize. However she did reap a harvest from her new crops and grew 49kg of green grams, 90kg of cowpeas and 50kg of sorghum enough to provide three meals a day for her family until the next harvest. Through our Maendeleo Agricultural Enterprise Fund (MAEF) Farm Africa helps small innovations become big successes that can benefit thousands of rural farmers and their families. And our partnership with Mwailu Enterprises, also in Kitui county, is no exception. Like Beatrice, 62-year-old grandmother Cecilia would frequently see her maize crops wither and die, leaving her with no food and no income. I had land but I had no income. We were planting a lot of maize but still we were not getting enough to eat let alone enough to sell. I look at my harvest and am thankful for this project. Our children are healthy, happy and educated She turned to growing sorghum, as an alternative. But instead of growing the traditional red variety that can be sold at the market, the team from Mwailu Enterprises have helped her to start growing a white variety that grows faster and produces a bigger yield. It doesn t taste great, so there s not much demand for it at the weekly market, but it does have the added advantage of making great beer Having reaped a healthy harvest, Beatrice then had the confidence to focus solely on growing the new crops. By using some of the money she earned selling her surplus at market she invested in high-quality seeds for drought-tolerant crops to plant during the next rains. She s hopeful of another good harvest, and many more to follow The team at Mwailu buy Cecilia s sorghum directly from her, and do the same with hundreds more farmers in the area, before selling it in bulk to major brewing companies. With Mwailu making a small profit from every kilogram, they have a great incentive to help sorghum farmers access high-quality seeds and train them to grow as much as they By giving just 13 today, you could help provide another farmer like Beatrice with the seeds they need to start growing drought-tolerant crops on their land. Through growing white sorghum and selling it to Mwailu Enterprises Cecilia s life has changed for the better. possibly can. And what s very clear is that everyone is benefiting Cecilia receives a good price too: from three harvests she has earned over 1,200 from growing the white sorghum to sell to Mwailu. And her life couldn t have changed more dramatically for the better. When we interviewed her for this story we asked Cecilia how the project had changed her life. She laughed and pointed at a huge water tank on top of a beautiful stone house and said we have plumbing, water everywhere in the house, my grandchildren are going to good schools and I can hire people to help me on my farm. My life has completely changed. Please give 120 to help give another group of farmers the training and support they need to grow themselves out of poverty.

3 FTF-draft3.indd 2 8/20/ :23:25 AM Eating sweet potatoes will help improve Nehemia s family s diet. A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OUR SUPERFOOD APPEAL EARLIER THIS YEAR We were overwhelmed by your generosity and are delighted that you raised over 87,000 We told you about the struggles faced by Nehemia Festo, his wife Maria and their three children Beatrice, Lightness and Gift who live in Zombo village in Tanzania s Morogoro region. Like much of Tanzania, there are high levels of poverty and malnutrition in this area. Farmers like Nehemia struggle to reap a good harvest due to frequent outbreaks of pests and plant disease. And what little they do have to sell rarely fetches a good price at market or from the passing traders who visit their villages. We are pleased to let you know that work is now beginning to set up the demonstration plots where farmers like Nehemia will learn about different varieties of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, as well as how to grow them. Not only are they not susceptible to the pests that eat their other crops, these tasty tubers also provide a much-needed source of vitamin A that will help combat the high levels of malnutrition in Zombo village and across Tanzania. And with the local government heavily promoting their consumption, demand and prices are rapidly increasing, so the farmers who grow orange-fleshed sweet potatoes can be sure to earn a good income. Weaving highquality raffia products provides Agnes with a reliable source. WEAVING A WAY OUT OF POVERTY It s only four years since 56-yearold Agnes Sanka first became involved with Farm Africa but the transformation she has seen in that time is incredible. When Nehemia starts growing the sweet potatoes on his farmland, he will be able to improve his family s diet and start earning a good income to invest in his farm and his children s futures. Living on the edge of Tanzania s Nou Forest, her family once relied on a small area of land cleared of trees to grow maize, coffee, beans, pigeon peas and vegetables to feed themselves and sell at market. It was difficult to grow enough to eat three meals a day and have some surplus to sell, which meant they were left struggling to make ends meet. Thank you for helping Nehemia, and hundreds more farmers like him to transform their families futures. You can be assured that your generosity to this appeal is already bearing fruit. The forest has a rich supply of natural raffia which has been used by generations of women like Agnes to make the baskets and mats that adorn their traditional homes. But until Farm Africa started working with them, Visit /fromthefield for even more inspiring stories, directly from the field. the women had never really seen their weaving skills as a reliable source. Farm Africa carried out some research and found that there would be a good demand for high-quality woven products at markets in nearby towns and further afield in Tanzania. We then organised training sessions for Agnes and the other weavers where they learnt which products were in demand and could be sold They also learnt about how to add colour and other adornments to increase the quality and value of their products. Agnes was soon dedicating more and more time to weaving and now produces a steady stream of high-quality baskets, bags and mats and other goods to sell. There is a good market where I have managed to sell a lot of raffia products. With the extra money I can contribute to my children s school costs, buying food and clothes for my family and helping the community become better. A gift of 32 could help provide another woman, like Agnes, with the training they need to set up their own raffia selling business. SPOTLIGHT ON THE MAENDELEO AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE FUND (MAEF) CECILIA S SUCCESS WITH SORGHUM SEEDS BEATRICE S GREEN GRAMS GARDEN GROWS Beatrice Kimwele is secretary of the Kevithe Women s Group a group of 29 female farmers living in eastern Kenya s Kitui county. Growing droughttolerant crops has increased Beatrice s harvest by 100%. As is common in the area, Beatrice (pictured) and her family lived a hand-to-mouth existence reliant on their twice yearly harvests to survive. With no formal agricultural training and unable to afford to buy good-quality seeds her crops had little chance of thriving and generating the income the family so desperately needed. For up to three months at a time they survived on a just one meal each day. However, this once seemingly endless struggle is now a thing of the past for Beatrice and the other members of the Women s Group. Last year, one of Farm Africa s field officers started work with the group, teaching them which crops could thrive in Kitui s dry climate and how best to grow them. We also provided Beatrice with some high-quality seeds for green grams, cowpeas and sorghum so that she could put everything she has learnt into practice on her farm. The results were astonishing. She planted the new seeds alongside her traditional crop of maize. As is often the case, the rains were poor and Beatrice harvested nothing from her field of withered maize. However she did reap a harvest from her new crops and grew 49kg of green grams, 90kg of cowpeas and 50kg of sorghum enough to provide three meals a day for her family until the next harvest. Through our Maendeleo Agricultural Enterprise Fund (MAEF) Farm Africa helps small innovations become big successes that can benefit thousands of rural farmers and their families. And our partnership with Mwailu Enterprises, also in Kitui county, is no exception. Like Beatrice, 62-year-old grandmother Cecilia would frequently see her maize crops wither and die, leaving her with no food and no income. I had land but I had no income. We were planting a lot of maize but still we were not getting enough to eat let alone enough to sell. I look at my harvest and am thankful for this project. Our children are healthy, happy and educated She turned to growing sorghum, as an alternative. But instead of growing the traditional red variety that can be sold at the market, the team from Mwailu Enterprises have helped her to start growing a white variety that grows faster and produces a bigger yield. It doesn t taste great, so there s not much demand for it at the weekly market, but it does have the added advantage of making great beer Having reaped a healthy harvest, Beatrice then had the confidence to focus solely on growing the new crops. By using some of the money she earned selling her surplus at market she invested in high-quality seeds for drought-tolerant crops to plant during the next rains. She s hopeful of another good harvest, and many more to follow The team at Mwailu buy Cecilia s sorghum directly from her, and do the same with hundreds more farmers in the area, before selling it in bulk to major brewing companies. With Mwailu making a small profit from every kilogram, they have a great incentive to help sorghum farmers access high-quality seeds and train them to grow as much as they By giving just 13 today, you could help provide another farmer like Beatrice with the seeds they need to start growing drought-tolerant crops on their land. Through growing white sorghum and selling it to Mwailu Enterprises Cecilia s life has changed for the better. possibly can. And what s very clear is that everyone is benefiting Cecilia receives a good price too: from three harvests she has earned over 1,200 from growing the white sorghum to sell to Mwailu. And her life couldn t have changed more dramatically for the better. When we interviewed her for this story we asked Cecilia how the project had changed her life. She laughed and pointed at a huge water tank on top of a beautiful stone house and said we have plumbing, water everywhere in the house, my grandchildren are going to good schools and I can hire people to help me on my farm. My life has completely changed. Please give 120 to help give another group of farmers the training and support they need to grow themselves out of poverty.

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