During the last two mornings, we went out to two of the other areas covered by the 'Food Security' Program, Kiraro and Mugombwa. Rachael, John, Jack, Kristy and Diane continued to teach about proper nutrition in the cow. The rest of us have learned all about the cow's stomach! Did you know a cow doesn't have four stomachs, but four parts to a stomach? There is so much more info we could tell you! The farmers were very interested, and asked many questions. They really appreciated learning the reasons behind why they've been told to feed the cow particular things. Hopefully they will act on what they've learned and this will lead to increased milk production in their cows which will benefit both their families and the community around them.
Wednesday afternoon, Alan and the girls engaged in some soccer outside our guesthouse with some local children. It is really wonderful to see the interaction between our kids and the local ones. Rachael and Carolyn attended a meeting with the APAP group, Food Security and the parish leadership in order to define the relationship between APAP and the Food Security Program. APAP is a local association of farmers that Rachael has been developing a relationship with and helping since 2006. It was good to meet and work out how the two groups could benefit each other. Please see the page on our website, under the agricultural projects, for more information on the APAP association.
This afternoon we went out as a group to tour a number of APAP farms and to see how the farmers have been doing since last year. It was nice to get out for a good walk and see old friends. We also were able to see the new APAP bull purchased with money raised by the Udder Project. They have had the bull for two months and he's already impregnated 30 cows. While we were touring, we gathered up a number of local children who followed us the whole way. The girls taught them how to have thumb wars, which created a lot of laughter! Sam even challenged a few of the adults!! Again, great for relationship building!
The weather has been very interesting, we are here in the middle of the dry season and the last two nights we have had thunder and lightning and very heavy rain! Tonight as well, and we were still out at the farms! Some rain before we got back, but thankfully it didn't amount to much!
Wednesday afternoon, Alan and the girls engaged in some soccer outside our guesthouse with some local children. It is really wonderful to see the interaction between our kids and the local ones. Rachael and Carolyn attended a meeting with the APAP group, Food Security and the parish leadership in order to define the relationship between APAP and the Food Security Program. APAP is a local association of farmers that Rachael has been developing a relationship with and helping since 2006. It was good to meet and work out how the two groups could benefit each other. Please see the page on our website, under the agricultural projects, for more information on the APAP association.
This afternoon we went out as a group to tour a number of APAP farms and to see how the farmers have been doing since last year. It was nice to get out for a good walk and see old friends. We also were able to see the new APAP bull purchased with money raised by the Udder Project. They have had the bull for two months and he's already impregnated 30 cows. While we were touring, we gathered up a number of local children who followed us the whole way. The girls taught them how to have thumb wars, which created a lot of laughter! Sam even challenged a few of the adults!! Again, great for relationship building!
The weather has been very interesting, we are here in the middle of the dry season and the last two nights we have had thunder and lightning and very heavy rain! Tonight as well, and we were still out at the farms! Some rain before we got back, but thankfully it didn't amount to much!
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