A day at Grippis Farm

Dear Heroes,

I spent one day at Heroe's Farm and Grippis Farm and have compiled some photos to share with you of the animal projects, the women working on the plot for the new school, the chicken lunch we provided for them.

I also posted photos of the process of identifying where there is underground water is located under the new school plot so we know where to drill the new well for the school. The man from the drilling company came with his copper rods and located a place by holding the rods out straight and walking until they crossed each other. I wanted to try the rods, so there is a photo of my face when the rods actually turned themselves when I stepped over the spot. He says there are two streams there and they are at the depth of 18 ft and 26 ft. We will do the drilling within the next two weeks in addition to building the first building on the plot if we can raise another $2,000! Would you consider helping us make this wonderful gift to the children and families in Grippis Farm?

A correction on my last blog - the size of the building we are putting up is 10X15 meters.

God is good!

Tanya

Bunnies Bring Hope to Grippis

July 8, 2010

Hello Heroes!

Vincent is so proud to announce that the rabbit project is now up and doing well. (Photo is of the tiny baby rabbits at the training center)The hopes and dreams of the community of Grippis are to raise rabbits for an income for their families. 10 families have been trained at the training center at Heroes Farm, and the rabbits in the training center have now multiplied. As the families take possession of their own pair of rabbits, their offspring will be shared with others in the community - what a blessing for these impoverished families to have the hope of having a family business that will help sustain them! I am carrying over rabbit water bottles for each family and the training center so they can get their water more easily. Praise God for the initiative that the community took to get this project started, and the donors who made it possible! His message to me is below: (Praise God for Vincent!)

Dear Tanya,
The rabbit project is going very well as you know we have already witnessed multiplication! We have completed training with 10 families within Grippis. Our hopes and dreams for this project is income generation for the people in Grippis. We have discovered that rabbits are a good market here in Zambia. We would like the people to be able to generate an income so that they can begin to rebuild their homes on their new lots and eventually sustain their livelihoods! Also this is a project that more of the community will be able to benefit from as babies are born to the 10 families who start the project then others will be able to join in this market!
This project will be individual, meaning that each family will have the rabbits on their own lot and they will not require much space. Rabbits require little money to feed them as the families can grow their own vegetables to feed them. But we are open to any suggestions. The people themselves wanted this project.

Vincent


Blessings,

Tanya