By Jacobet Wambayi | Executive Director
December Report
A total of 30 women were reached in the last 3months making a total of 450. Individual and groups continue to register with Uzima as a result of the benefits of gaining new methods of farming and improving kitchen garden farming. More families can have nutritious meals grown within the homesteads as well as surrounding areas. Those who can afford are also improving their cash crop farming to improve their economic status. Uzima board and members are vigilant in ensuring that training of new members is successful as the number of model homes increases. There are more than 20 model homes since the project started.
The students in primary and secondary schools as well as those in colleges and universities had a successful end of year without any of them dropping out. New school drop outs are being monitored so that they rejoin school in 2019.
Lack of funds is still a major challenge as local and international fund raising continues with minimal success. Other challenges include previous issues e.g reduced crop harvest due to soil erosion from floods in some areas where short rains have been devastating. There is low political will as the country fights graft with many political leaders facing corruption cases and other cases including murder. The rampant poverty is still a major cause of concern and a barrier to women’s progress.
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