Enny is a 63 year old widow living in the Kashitu community.
She looks after four orphans, two of whom are double orphans and two are single
orphans. Only one of these orphans is in school and she is in grade 7. Every
day she travels 5 kilometres to get to and from school and this is one of the
reasons why the other children are not in school.
Enny
has been a beneficiary of seed from the Serenje project for 3 years now. In the
first year, she received 15 kilograms of shelled groundnuts. Following an
excellent harvest, she yielded 6 x 50 kilogram bags of groundnuts. She reserved
some of this seed for the following season and the rest she sold in order to
purchase household goods. In the second year, she received more ground nuts,
along with the others that she had reserved, this allowed her to extend the portion
of land cultivated. This time, the harvest was so good that she was able to buy
a radio cassette, solar panel, solar battery and 10 iron sheets for her house,
as shown in the photo. She also received sweet potatoes from the Serenje
project and used her yield to buy a further 20 iron sheets, costing the
equivalent of US $202.
A quote from Enny, “Today, as I am talking to you now, this
is a three roomed house I built from the sales of farm produce.....this project
has really empowered community members who are serious in life.” She no longer has to worry about
re-roofing her house every year with grass. Enny is now focussing on saving
money for school fees for when her grandchild begins school. Let’s pray for
Enny and others in a similar position; that she would continue to see good
harvests, that she would be able to put the children in her care through school
and that she would grow closer to God.
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