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    partnering with Kenyan farmers and families

Farmers Helping Farmers – Poised For Productivity

Farmers Helping Farmers – Poised For Productivity
Farmers Helping Farmers will celebrate two impactful projects at their 40th Annual BBQ fundraiser being held August 10, 2024 at the North Shore Community Centre in West Covehead, P.E.I.: theGender-Responsive One Health Project and funding for school garden expansions in Meru County, Kenya. Farmers Helping Farmers is lead implementing partner for the Gender-Responsive One Health…
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Gender Responsive One Health Project 

Gender Responsive One Health Project 
New project grows awareness of diseases that can spread from humans to animals Farmers Helping Farmers has a new project called Gender Responsive One Health Project (GROH). With the More Food, Better Food project just about completed, this project will continue our work with families in Meru County. Funding for this project comes from Global Affairs Canada and Alinea,…
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Celebrating the success of female dairy farmers in Kenya

Celebrating the success of female dairy farmers in Kenya
Female farmers report better cow comfort and increased milk production after FHF-UPEI training sessions On International Women's Day, Farmers Helping Farmers wishes to recognize the Kenyan farming women who are dairy farmers, and attended the training sessions offered in Meru County throughout the last year. In 2023, 350 dairy farmers took part in the program,…
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Empowering Women Farmers

Empowering Women Farmers
by Ken Mellish A Farmers Helping Farmers project is helping five women’s groups in the Nkando and Kamuketha area of Kenya to establish a small irrigated farm. The work is part of an ongoing Global Affairs Canada funded project called More Food, Better Food: Empowering Women Farmers in Kenya. The women's groups leased two parcels…
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How a fence is helping a primary school in Kenya to thrive

How a fence is helping a primary school in Kenya to thrive
A P.E.I.-Kenya Success Story: Fenced to Thrive By Carolyn Francis and Liz Townsend A fence is making a difference in the lives of students and their families at a primary school in an arid part of Kenya, thanks to supporters of Farmers Helping Farmers. Carolyn Francis and Nancy Russell first visited Nkando Primary School in…
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Return to Kenya

Return to Kenya
Kenyan Smallholder Dairy Veterinary Report - January 2023 By Dr. John VanLeeuwen In January, 2023, the annual volunteer trips to Kenya as part of the partnership between Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF) and the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) began again after a 3-year pause due to COVID-19 restrictions. As part of this partnership, The…
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