Two of the core groups who have participated in many of the activities and projects running at Suubi Centre continue to go from strength to strength.
The Suubi Coffee Initiative members recently took another huge step forward when they started planting seedlings in their very own mother garden. Having purchased a plot of land specifically for this purpose late last year, the members had been patiently waiting for the rain to arrive and the right time for planting.
Some of the seedling that had been grown at the Suubi Nursery, from high quality suckers kindly donated by Kisekka sub county officials, were brought to the site where land was purchased last year.
After recent rain, some of the seedling are now being planted and will become part of the all important mother garden.
Coffee group members hard at work planting and protect the young seedlings.
The mother garden is a great achievement for the group who first started their coffee seedling nursery at Suubi Centre in late 2012. After selling their first crop of seedlings, at about this time last year, the group made the decision that they needed to establish a mother garden so they could meet one of the pre-requisites for quality control by the District Coffee Growers Forum. Having now achieved this, it will mean that any seedlings they raise and sell from the Suubi Nursery in future will be guaranteed by the forum. Well done to everyone involved with this group and we look forward to watching the continuing progress!
The Suubi Ladies Group, who have been involved at Suubi Centre since it was first established in 2008, have certainly helped to inspire others in the wider community; including the Coffee Initiative members above. The ladies have always been the first to take up any opportunity presented to them via the Centre and they continue to be proactive in coming up with their own ways to support each other.
In their efforts to ensure that every woman in their group improves socially and economically each member now contributes 10,000shs every month from the sale of their crafts. This money is then used to buy household items that are missing from the homes of three members every month. Last month Maxensia, Noelina, and Benedictor were selected to be the beneficiaries. Maxensia bought 2 dozens cups, 1 dozen plates, a saucepan and a rechargeable lamp, Noelina bought 10 iron sheets while Benedictor bought 4 iron sheets, 2 dozens plates, cups, a bucket and a machete among other things.
The Suubi Ladies Group, who have been involved at Suubi Centre since it was first established in 2008, have certainly helped to inspire others in the wider community; including the Coffee Initiative members above. The ladies have always been the first to take up any opportunity presented to them via the Centre and they continue to be proactive in coming up with their own ways to support each other.
In their efforts to ensure that every woman in their group improves socially and economically each member now contributes 10,000shs every month from the sale of their crafts. This money is then used to buy household items that are missing from the homes of three members every month. Last month Maxensia, Noelina, and Benedictor were selected to be the beneficiaries. Maxensia bought 2 dozens cups, 1 dozen plates, a saucepan and a rechargeable lamp, Noelina bought 10 iron sheets while Benedictor bought 4 iron sheets, 2 dozens plates, cups, a bucket and a machete among other things.
The Suubi Ladies happily gather to distribute much needed household items to some of their members.
This is just one of the amazing initiative the Suubi Ladies have come up with. We look forward to seeing the standard of their living continuing to improve. The Suubi ladies would like to say a huge thank you all those involved in selling Suubi crafts and to everyone who has purchased something. What seems like a small thing to do in Australia is helping to make an enormous difference to the lives of the ladies and their families in Uganda! Webale nnyo, nnyo, nnyo!
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