Kimilili Outreach Food Security Program

Location: 
Kimilili, Kenya
Alum Project Leader: 
Henry Sibwoga
Grant Amount: 
$1000(USD)
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Henry started the Kimilili Outreach Food Security Program in August, 2005. The goal of this project is to teach community members how to grow vegetables and raise foul organically, thereby providing food security for the community. Most recently, Henry implemented a “Chicken Project” sponsored by MESA. So far, community members have contributed to the building of a chicken house and the chicklets are rapidly growing up. Beginning with 200 chicks, 190 have survived and Henry is very pleased with this result.

Riobamba Reunion

In June, program manager Leah Atwood attended MESA’s second Ecuadorian Alumni Reunion. Over 25 Steward alumni from eight different provinces were there, traveling up to 12 hours to reach the highlands of Riobamba.

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Kevin Cody, a graduate student at UCSC has been awarded a grant to study MESA! To “assess the potential to ‘scale-up’ innovations in sustainable agriculture (SA) through a case study of the organization, ..."