OUR POULTRY PROJECT

We have had to curtail some of our vocational school courses because of lack of finances, but we do not want to completely stop them, since we have already put a lot of effort into training our kids for some type of work where they can earn a living.

Even the teachers whom we had hired for the courses do not want to stop completely. At the present, we cannot pay them, but they have volunteered to teach their respective classes on one day each week so that the kids to not forget what they have learned.

Along with the small dairy that we began, we also have chickens. These are not for slaughter, but for egg production to help with the food budget. Presently, we have 26 chickens in the flock.

We did have more – 56, but during a period of food shortage, we had to sell 30 of them to buy some food. For the 30 chickens, we received 18,000 Kenya Shillings, which is something like US$ 139. We feed 76 people at each meal, so that was enough to buy two small meals for each person. That is only 91 cents per person/meal. A good meal actually costs more than that, but this was able to sustain the kids and staff for a bit. Thankfully, God soon sent more resources to buy more food.

We praise God for all things. He is beginning to bring us out a very difficult period. We continue to trust him for all things.

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