Late in September we were deeply touched when we had a most generous donation from a Kyabram lady who had been watching the HUG journey and the success at Suubi, via our website. Sadly her husband had passed away earlier in the year and she had recently sold off part of their dairy herd. Amazingly, during this most difficult time in her life, she chose to donate the money raised from the sale of one those cows to HUG, so that livestock could be bought for families in Uganda. What an inspiration!
Recently the result of this extraordinary donation saw 40 piglets and two cows being distributed to many grateful Ugandans!
Building on the past success of distributing piglets to the Suubi ladies, we decided to go ahead and introduce a similar piggery scheme into some of our partner schools. Pivot Omiding, Busubi and Sharon were the three primary schools chosen as the lucky ones to be part of this extended partnership with Suubi.
Recently the result of this extraordinary donation saw 40 piglets and two cows being distributed to many grateful Ugandans!
Building on the past success of distributing piglets to the Suubi ladies, we decided to go ahead and introduce a similar piggery scheme into some of our partner schools. Pivot Omiding, Busubi and Sharon were the three primary schools chosen as the lucky ones to be part of this extended partnership with Suubi.
Meetings were held at all four of the schools to explain to parents the responsibilities and expectations of being part of the project.
The project will work on the same pay it forward principle that has been so successful with the Suubi ladies. However this time, by working with parents at schools, it will help generate an income which will allow them to meet school fees. Also it will enable parents to cover the small cost for their children to participate in computer training and other events which are run by Suubi.
A number of parents were chosen from each school and each of them were given a piglet. After this piglet has grown and had it's first litter, two of those piglets will be returned to the school and will again be passed on to two more parents. Of course the original pig and the remaining piglets will always belong to the original family and they can decide how to run their business from then on. Suubi's technical advisory team will always be there to guide them, should they need assistance, but ultimately they will then be in charge of their own destiny.
And it won't stop there! After all interested parents at the schools have received a piglet for their family, a piggery project will be established at each school. This will then generate an income for that school. Of course in the long run this will benefit students and teachers in that it will enable improvements to be made to the school and vital educational supplies to be bought.
Parents at Sharon Primary School were the first to receive their piglets.
The project will work on the same pay it forward principle that has been so successful with the Suubi ladies. However this time, by working with parents at schools, it will help generate an income which will allow them to meet school fees. Also it will enable parents to cover the small cost for their children to participate in computer training and other events which are run by Suubi.
A number of parents were chosen from each school and each of them were given a piglet. After this piglet has grown and had it's first litter, two of those piglets will be returned to the school and will again be passed on to two more parents. Of course the original pig and the remaining piglets will always belong to the original family and they can decide how to run their business from then on. Suubi's technical advisory team will always be there to guide them, should they need assistance, but ultimately they will then be in charge of their own destiny.
And it won't stop there! After all interested parents at the schools have received a piglet for their family, a piggery project will be established at each school. This will then generate an income for that school. Of course in the long run this will benefit students and teachers in that it will enable improvements to be made to the school and vital educational supplies to be bought.
Parents at Sharon Primary School were the first to receive their piglets.
On top of all that, two cows were also distributed to two different groups that have been very actively involved at Suubi. The first cow was given to the Suubi ladies group which now has over forty active members. These ladies have shown that they are prepared to work hard to improve their own lot in life and distributing this cow to them is another way of us helping those who want to help themselves. They have always been very supportive of each other and are already contributing part of the money they receive from their crafts sales into a fund pool. This will enable any of them to have access to these funds should they come up with other business ideas, again allowing the ladies to be in control of their own destiny. Raising the cow as a group and making decisions together about breeding, selling, etc will mean the ladies can expand their co-operation and therefore their ability to help each other.
The second cow was given to a group of 24 youth, both boys and girls, who have shown a real desire to get involved at Suubi. Unlike the ladies group, who have been together since the centre first opened almost 2 years ago, the youth group has slowly developed since the sporting tournament which was held at Suubi in June. Since then we have looked to develop various initiatives which enable these young people to strive and reach their full potential, and become self-reliant. Recently, 100 coffee seedlings were distributed to an initial three youth who had shown interest in coffee farming and attended the coffee expo in Masaka Town. More youth will be supplied with seedlings shortly and training has began for all the youth to learn about nursery bed establishment and grafting coffee. Once these skill are learned the youth will be able to sell the seedlings they produce to other coffee farmers in the area, generating an income for themselves.
Now the cow has been given to the youth group, it is expected that the youth will follow in the steps of the ladies and work together to develop business opportunities together. Initially the cow will provide manure for supporting the coffee farming business but, somewhere down the track, the youth may decide to sell the cow and inject the money into other development initiatives they come up with. Again we are providing an opportunity for these youth to make decisions that will ultimately improve their own lives.
The Suubi ladies were very excited to receive their new cow and send it to Nalwadda Benedict home where it will initially be cared for.
The second cow was given to a group of 24 youth, both boys and girls, who have shown a real desire to get involved at Suubi. Unlike the ladies group, who have been together since the centre first opened almost 2 years ago, the youth group has slowly developed since the sporting tournament which was held at Suubi in June. Since then we have looked to develop various initiatives which enable these young people to strive and reach their full potential, and become self-reliant. Recently, 100 coffee seedlings were distributed to an initial three youth who had shown interest in coffee farming and attended the coffee expo in Masaka Town. More youth will be supplied with seedlings shortly and training has began for all the youth to learn about nursery bed establishment and grafting coffee. Once these skill are learned the youth will be able to sell the seedlings they produce to other coffee farmers in the area, generating an income for themselves.
Now the cow has been given to the youth group, it is expected that the youth will follow in the steps of the ladies and work together to develop business opportunities together. Initially the cow will provide manure for supporting the coffee farming business but, somewhere down the track, the youth may decide to sell the cow and inject the money into other development initiatives they come up with. Again we are providing an opportunity for these youth to make decisions that will ultimately improve their own lives.
Bosco Ssembolanyi came to Suubi to collect the cow which he will keep at his home for the Suubi youth group.
And to think that all this was made possible from the sale of one cow in Australia!! Amazing!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
HUGs from the team!
And to think that all this was made possible from the sale of one cow in Australia!! Amazing!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
HUGs from the team!
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