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Upendo a path to self-sustainability

1/26/2014

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Since 2002, Upendo has expanded to become the home of 39 orphan girls and a primary school for 100 additional local children.  Upendo is run by Eunice and a dedicated staff consisting of a social worker, two housemothers, three farm assistants, two night guards, and 7 teachers along with a Board of Directors. Four classrooms have been constructed in addition to volunteer quarters and a water tank since 2002. Upendo’s goal of self-sufficiency reaches back to 2007 when a posho (grain) mill was purchased to allow Upendo to mill the corn they grow and to process corn for local villagers  to increase revenue.  The school has built a fish farm on their land to help decrease food costs while selling excess fish to the local community. Upendo has also a life stock including calves rabbits,chickens. Finally, additional revenue is received from the day students who are charged tuition fees (based on their family’s ability to pay) to attend Upendo Primary School.


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This is the posho (grain) mill that was bought with the funds raised by EACH ! Now Upendo mill their own corn flour and make money by milling grain from other villagers. The girls gave Melanie Pessin (President and Founder of EACH) a very detailed tour and description of how the mill works
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The fish farm is complete !
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The livestock ! which includes cows, rabbits and chickens
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Melanie gets a tour of the farm expansion , always in progress. The girls shows the 2 new calf's to Melanie.
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Cute and very tasty !
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Next to the fish pond, Upendo Children's Home and School grows some of its own food, fruits and vegetables including cassava, mango, papaya, corn/maize, beans sukuma wiki (greens), tomatoes and bananas in their garden as another effort to become self-sustainable
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Growing !
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Organic bananas !
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The water tank
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Raymond L link
6/24/2022 02:11:24 pm

Thanks for shariing

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