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Cookhouse Women

Photos and text by Maxine Delaney Smoke stings my eyes before they adjust and focus on a face the colour of forest honey, barely visible in the windowless hut. A woman startled by my appearance sits in stop frame; her hands hold a wood handled knife and a freshly dug sweet potato still heavy with…

by Winston Johnston This past January, a number of volunteers from Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF) visited farms in the Nkubu area, about 35 km to the south of Meru. While in the area, their visits included five schools where water tanks had recently been installed as part of the FHF school program. The farms…

A hands-on experience at a twinned school in Kenya

by Gerry McQuaid, a long time school twinning teacher making his first trip to Kenya Guy Cudmore and I (Gerry McQuaid) travelled to Kenya with Farmers Helping Farmers this past January. Guy, one of the founding members of FHF, had not been in Kenya in 38 years. This was my first visit. It was exciting…

Four new cookhouses opened in Kenya in 2018

Guy Cudmore was thrilled to cut the ribbon to officially open the new cookhouse at Nkando Primary School in early February . Farmers Helping Farmers visitors attended the opening the three cookhouses in late January and early February. Each opening was a joyous event attended by parents, teachers, all students as well as the Farmers…

Kitchen gardens go ahead despite adverse weather

Kitchen gardens funded by the Holiday Campaign by Teresa Mellish We saw such dry farms when we were on Kenya in January and February. They have not had proper rains for three seasons. The rains during the last rainy season dried up before the maize crop could mature. As a result there is a lot…

Kenya through the eyes of a P.E.I. teacher Valerie Beer, a grade six teacher from West Kent Elementary School, one of the Island schools twinned with a Kenyan school, Mitoone Primary, traveled with a contingent of Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF) volunteers for 3 weeks in January and February 2018. West Kent School had raised over…

Days for Girls and Farmers Helping Farmers, Kenya a perspective by Maxine Delaney The girls' faces expressed various emotions as they sat expectantly facing us, Mzungu who were strangers to them and women teachers from all the levels of their school. Suitcases were wheeled to the front of the classroom holding brightly patterned cotton drawstring…

Congratulations to our Queen Elizabeth Scholars on successfully completing their studies at UPEI! We are very excited that our work in Kenya will continue, thanks to another round of QES funding. The project will see three graduate students from Kenya and 13 undergraduate students from UPEI working together in Canada and Kenya to train Buuri…

Membership Matters! Please renew today for 2018-2019!

Why become a member of Farmers Helping Farmers? It's membership renewal time and we often get the question: why become a member of Farmers Helping Farmers? After all, you can see our newsletter online, and find out what we're up to on our website. Many people attend our fundraisers like the Harrington Barbeque and contribute…

Students from the Atlantic Veterinary College and the UPEI education and nutrition programs will work with Farmers Helping Farmers on a variety of projects, along with Kenyan partners in schools, dairies and women’s groups in 2018. Check out our 2018 blog: https://peikenya2018.wordpress.com/

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