KWMC Project Updates
Report provided by project administrator, information taken from Solidarity Circle meeting minutes.The MC women are doing well and still working hard to develop their group. They decided to organize as a group to weed the Irish potatoes for Coburwas Club. No one from Coburwas was there to weed because all Coburwas students are in school. The potatoes will be eaten by the orphans at the orphanage and some will be sent to the Coburwas hostel in Hoima to help balance the student's diet. It was a great joy to hear the women organizing in such a way. (10-08, Benson Wereje)
During Solidarity meetings the women are discussing the feasibly of purchasing a mill. Mills are used to ground grains to produce flour for the refugee settlement. The women predict this would be a source of steady income. (08-08, Benson Wereje)
Women are continuing to be creative and are soon starting a weaving program. They will make small baskets for their families and for sale. The garden is about to be completed, on Friday they will plant. (08-08, Benson Wereje).
Coburwas bought land for 200,000sh and lent KWMC women one acre to use this season to produce food as a group. KWMC will look for another location to farm next season. (08-08, Benson Wereje)
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Women want to hire (rent) a garden plot and have agreed to dig every Friday for the KWMC. They will plant beans, maize and sweet potatoes. (07-08, Benson Wereje)
Nyirahabizana was sick, KWMC members decided to dig (farm) for her. (07-08, Benson Wereje)
Administrators held a Solidarity Circle meeting with women to provide encouragement and guidance on how to best use their loan money. (06-08, Benson Wereje)
Mbitsemunda Maderena is behind with her farming, members helped weed her plot. (05-08, Benson Wereje)
Group agrees to contribute 550sh each to purchase two chickens to start poultry keeping in their homes. (05-08, Benson Wereje)