The Associated Press: UN: World hunger reaches 1 billion mark One in six people on planet earth is officially undernourished or suffering from some form of food instability. If you are not involved in helping to bring about a resolution to this crisis, check out afachildren.org. Below is an AFAC update from the village of Mgambeni in Swaziland, a country hit very hard by food insecurity, AIDS and the OVC crisis…
Mgambeni is doing so well. The poultry farm continues. But with the addition of the well, they started a garden next to the chicken coop and are using the water from the well toirrigate. They are using the chicken waste for fertilizer. They’ve divided the garden into plots that each person has responsibility for. They can feed their own families from their plot but they must also provide for one family of orphans. The community has been so impressed by this that now the chief has given 1.5 hectares of land next to Pastor Edward’s house to start a community garden. Here they will divide up the plots like at the church site and the volunteers from 4 other churches will take responsibility for their plots and feeding orphaned families. I was really humbled by the community coming out to meet us and express their thanks. They thanked us for being different than the large NGO’s here by giving them ownership of the projects from the beginning. They say it makes all the difference to them.
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