Your donation will buy a small farming tool such as a Jembe or Kenyan fork which are used a bit like a Dutch hoe to cultivate the soil. An essential tool on the nursery beds during the seedling stage.
Community group farmers work hard to weed their fields but herbicides are still essential to minimise the growth of unwanted vegetation to ensure the maximum harvest.
Beehives used to be supplied with their own wooden mounting post but experience has shown that termites attack the post causing the hive to fall over and the bees to desert it. These metal stands will accommodate up to 4 hives and will last a long time.
Bee keeping for honey production is now a positive income generator for a number of community groups. This gift will buy a Lanstroth bee hive. See also Honey Harvesting Kit for protective clothing at the critical harvesting phase.
Your donation will buy equipment and protective clothing for the critical honey harvesting phase of bee keeping. Bee keeping for honey production is now a positive income generator for a number of community groups.
A mobile maize sheller can be shared amongst a number of widows and orphans groups. It strips the corn from the cobs much more quickly than is possible manually.