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Better beans for families in Kenya

Better beans for families in Kenya
by Colleen Walton New variety of beans has potential to improve health of families Farmers Helping Farmers is introducing and guiding 350 women farmers to grow a new variety of beans called Nyota. The beans have potential to tackle malnutrition and food insecurity in Meru County, Kenya. This variety was developed Kenya Agricultural and Livestock…
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Project provides safer cookstoves for Kenyan women

Project provides safer cookstoves for Kenyan women
Charity happy to have her new cooking stove installed Environmentally-friendly, healthier cooking stoves funded by Global Affairs Canada  By Teresa Mellish The world-wide pandemic in 2020 had a silver lining for our current project in Kenya. Because of COVID-19, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) agreed to fund an amendment to our project entitled: More Food, Better Food: Empowering Kenyan Women…
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Safe and Inclusive Schools project continues

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…
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Celebrating the launch of Broken Crayons by Patsy Dingwell

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…
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The impact of COVID-19 on women farmers in Meru

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…
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Silage choppers

Silage choppers
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…
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Celebrating six new cookhouses in 2020, despite COVID-19

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…
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Exciting Membership News!

Exciting Membership News!
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…
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