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