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Safe and Inclusive Schools project continues

Funding from 2020 Holiday Campaign will bring latrine improvements as part of Safe and Inclusive Schools Project While COVID-19 has made it impossible for Canadian partners to travel to be part of the Safe and Inclusive Schools project in person, the work is continuing. Funds are available, thanks to the FHF Holiday Campaign, and two…

Farmers Helping Farmers and chef Emily Wells provide masks, soap for students in Kenya

P.E.I. fundraiser contributes $10,000 to protect students from COVID-19 pandemic More than a thousand students at 21 schools twinned through Farmers Helping Farmers in Kenya are now safer, thanks to the fundraising efforts of Chef Emily Wells. Wells raised more than $10,000 in October with her Thanksgiving suppers at The Mill in New Glasgow. The…

Celebrating the launch of Broken Crayons by Patsy Dingwell

Patsy and her granddaughter at the launch of Broken Crayons. Farmers Helping Farmers was delighted to be part of the launch of a new children's book by long-time member Patsy Dingwell, inspired by the experience of UPEI student teacher Ellen Gillis while teaching in Kenya. We were thrilled to share the celebration live on Facebook…

The impact of COVID-19 on women farmers in Meru

By Teresa Mellish Farmers Helping Farmers works with eight womens groups, three dairies and five schools in Meru County, for a new project funded by Global Affairs Canada. When COVID-19 started in March, the Kenyan government wisely put safeguards in place, in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. There was a curfew, from…

Asante to Chef Emily Wells for a $10,000 donation from the Thanksgiving Weekend Fundraising Dinners

How thankful are we for Chef Emily Wells! Her Thanksgiving Weekend fundraising dinners raised an amazing $10,000. It's the biggest donation ever and we are very, very grateful. Farmers Helping Farmers was delighted to partner again with Chef Emily Wells and her team at The Mill in New Glasgow. The money raised by Emily’s meals…

By Ken MellishFarmers Helping Farmers has been encouraging Kenyan dairy farmers to grow better forages to feed their milking cows. Corn or napier grass when harvested at the correct time can both supply high quality feed for milking cows. Corn has a high yield per acre and gives the energy cows need to produce milk…

Celebrating six new cookhouses in 2020, despite COVID-19

By Teresa Mellish Six new cookhouses with school gardens have been built in Meru County in the last six months, since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Each cookhouse includes three large fuel-efficient stoves, a place to store maize and beans, as well as an area to serve food to the pupils. Five of the cookhouses…

Celebrating 40 Amazing Years of Farmers Helping Farmers In 2020, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Farmers Helping Farmers! Unfortunately due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are unable to celebrate in the way that we originally planned (parties, potlucks, parades, fundraisers) but we thought of another way to celebrate... In our 40th year, we want to…

By Colleen Walton It was only a few years ago that sweet potato fries took our taste buds by storm, and most of us have never looked back. In the global context, orange sweet potatoes are a nutritional powerhouse, with very high levels of beta-carotene which is converted into vitamin A in our bodies. Recognizing…

October 2020 Update - More Food, Better Food: Empowering Kenyan Women Farmers Farmers Helping Farmers gratefully acknowledges the support of Global Affairs Canada. At project onset, we were fortunate to have personnel available to move from other work to implement this project, and we hired a human nutritionist. We had done many of the project…

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FHF Volunteers in Kenya 2025

Volunteers from Canada are preparing to travel to Kenya in 2025 to continue the work of Farmers Helping Farmers. They…
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Farmer Helping Farmers launches 2024 Holiday Campaign in support of families in Kenya

Weather extremes cause challenges for Kenyan farm families The Farmers Helping Farmers Holiday Campaign has many ways to help make…
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October 14, 2024
Fall Harvest Suppers another delicious success at The Mill in New Glasgow

Emily Wells fundraiser supports the work of the Farmers Helping Farmers Education Committee in Kenya Thank you to Chef Emily…
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New screen houses mean better gardens at Kenyan schools

New screen houses mean improved production and nutrition By Teresa Mellish Our school meal program is based on two staples:…
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