Reconnecting 200 kenyan women with food sources

Summary

2 million people in western Kenya are threatened with hunger as result of cassava mosaic disease causing food shortage however with $ 40 one farmer can acquire certified cassava stem to plant.

Received £181 from 5 donations from people around the world like:

Ryn

Marc Maxson

Michael A.

(Anon.)

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

About 2 million people in western Kenya are threatened with hunger as result of cassava mosaic diseases causing severe food shortage as such many children and women are suffering from acute malnutrition and diseases complicated by hunger than ever be for children are unable to go to school and productive women are weak and starving. However with certified cassava stem it costs $2,111 to train 200 rural farmers who will use $50 to produce 70kgs of value added flour to feed 300 people daily.

Activities

Training of 200 women on life skills on cassava production,distribution and marketing. More so, creation of 2 acres of certified cassava variety. In addition the project will add value to cassava to produce meals for ugali, porridge and animal feeds.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

200 poor women will train on life skills and production of cassava. They will earn skills on value addition, preservation and distribution and marketing. Certified stems will replace the infected ones.

Project Message

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Who is Running This Project

Contact

Vincent Atitwa,
Founder
66 koyonzo-mumias
koyonzo-mumias
nairobi, kenya
Kenya
+254734928060
Email:

Project Sponsor

Vincent Atitwa

Organisation

Matungu Community Development Charity (MCDC)
Box 4 or 66 - 50117 Koyonzo
Mumias, kenya 50117
Kenya
+254734928060
http://www.matungucommunitycharity.wordpress.com

Learn more about Matungu Community Development Charity (MCDC) and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 22, 2009.

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