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Thanks from Malawi Farmers Aid

May 31, 2023employment, farmers, farming, Malawi

Please see below, four photographs of our 2022 farming project in Malawi. They show a field of maize at various stages of growth, and the harvested crop in a grain store. This project was at the villages of Yalero and Malemba. It was a difficult start to our programme because the cost of the farm inputs of seed, fertiliser, and herbicide had risen considerably. This is in line with the worldwide increase in farmers' costs due to the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This meant we had to carefully manage our budget, and cut back on some aspects…

Thanks from Malawi Farmers Aid

February 10, 2022employment, farming, Malawi, youth

Thank you, KTCT, for your generous grant which will enable us to fulfill our farming projects in rural Malawi during 2022 and 2023. This support means we can provide training and farm materials to groups of unemployed youngpeople in the poorest rural areas of Malawi, enabling them to start their own small farms. Fivevillages will benefit from our projects in the next two years, providing food, sustainableemployment, and valuable income to some of the poorest communities in Malawi. Overseas aid rarely reaches these more remote communities, so it is left to NGOs such as Malawi Farmers Aid to intervene. And…

Progress Report – Promoting women community-based Cage fish farming for employment and income generation in Koome Island, Uganda

January 18, 2022employment, fishing, Uganda, women

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Vocational Skills Training For A Better Life (Kenya)

October 23, 2021employment, Kenya, training

Oyugis Integrated Development Organization is a community-based organization initiated in 2013 through concerted efforts of local artisans to create employment opportunities and education programs for the vulnerable men, women, and youth in Rachuonyo South Sub - County, Homabay County in Kenya. The OIDO’s main goal is to alleviate poverty and empower families, women and youth to become self-sustainable and contribute to the economic growth of the community. Since 2013 Oyugis Integrated Development Organization (OIDO) has offered small, multipurpose training workshops to teach vocational skills for vulnerable men, women, and children. The majority of participants are children in and out of…

Dancing Heart K Bakery, Café and Shopping Center Project in Buwenda (Uganda)

June 3, 2021employment, training, Uganda

The Dancing Heart K Bakery, Café and Shopping Center Project in Buwenda is an income and skills training center. The project started from the acquisition of the business house to the official launch of its operation in Jinja. We are so lucky to have amazing donors who sacrifice so much to see us push through to sustainability. We received a business loan from Karen B which purchased the business house, furnished and also purchased all the shop equipment and supplies plus some of the bakery and cafe equipment. We recently received a grant from the Kitchen Table Charity Trust which…

Thanks from Oyugis Integrated Development Organization (Kenya) for a Grant to Purchase Carpentry Machines

May 17, 2021education, employment, Kenya, training

Thank you supporters of Kitchen Table Charities Trust! Your generous donations made it possible for us to get a very necessary a grant for the purchasing of new carpentry machines for our project at this time of depressed global economy caused by Covid -19. For years, it has been futile to source funds to equip this workshop! Our organisation looks around for victims of discrimination in its area and studies what sort of vocations and skills can be most utilized in the local economy. The newly bought machines are intended for practical-oriented courses in the carpentry workshops that will allow trainees to make assignments and deliver woodwork crafts that can be sold to generate the income necessary to fund their course materials. The training centre will now have sufficient qualitative training resources to teach more participants for improved access to employment opportunities, community…

Thanks from Mtende Community Project (Malawi)

May 6, 2021chairs, children, desks, employment, Malawi, school

Mtende Community Project was overwhelmed to receive a grant for £6,000 from the KTCT as we are a small charity. Grateful thanks to the KTCT and their supporters for this grant to provide 16 teachers' desks and chairs and 130 desks for the children of St Michael's Primary School in Ekwendeni, Malawi. The school was built in 1992, has a roll of 1685, and the teachers and pupils have never had a desk to sit at so there is great excitement at the school for this welcome development. This grant is also providing work for 6 carpenters in Ekwendeni to…

Malawi Farmers Aid’s project in rural Malawi

July 20, 2020employment, farmers, farming, Jobs, Malawi, unemployed, youth

Aim The aim of the project was to provide groups of unemployed youths in two remote rural villages in Malawi with the necessary training, guidance, and farm input materials to set up small-scale farms in their community. The farms are intended to be the basis for long-term sustainable and expandable food production and employment in one of the poorest countries in Africa. We work with our partner organisation in Malawi, Tivavwire Youth Organisation. We secure funding for our projects from UK charities, and TYO manages the projects in Malawi. The Project Kitchen Table Charitable Trust provided us with a grant…