Orphanage in Uganga, nyango village
Foundation for Destitute Children and Youth School (FDCYS) - Guma Richard, Director
125 orphan children live at this orphanage. Most have been orphaned due to the civil wars and the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in this region. He gets no assistance or financial help from the government. The future of these children and this orphanage is completely dependent on outside donations and contributions. I have spent many months at this orphanage since my first meeting in 2010 and have learned the true meaning of the word "family" by seeing how each child is loved and cared for. No matter how little food they may have to eat or clothes to wear they know they are safe and loved.
OUR PROJECTS HERE INCLUDE:
- Pay school fees for all the school-age children.
- Provide onsite Pre-school education for the younger children.
- Implementing an organic farming project for a renewable and sustainable food supply.
- Installed safe clean drinking water supply.
- Animal husbandry: egg-laying chickens, goats for milk, raising pigs to sell for income source.
- Paying monthly staff salaries for Guma Richard- director, and 3 additional staff.
- Vocational training for the older students- sewing, basket-making, and carpentry.
- Constructed a dormitory building for the children and furnished with beds & bedding.
- Install solar system on dormitory and job-training building.
- In 2017 we completed construction of a 3 room job training building to house our vocational training programs for: sewing, basket-making, and carpentry.
AS OF APRIL 2024 WE FINISHED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING AND NOW HAVE A FULLY OPERATIONAL GENERAL STORE STOCKED WITH BASIC ITEMS FOR PURCHASE BY THE PEOPLE IN NYANGO VILLAGE. THIS WILL ADD ANOTHER SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE DAILY OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE ORPHANAGE.
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Happy Farmers of Nyango, uganda
100% Organic, Sustainable Farming
In 2015 we started a farming cooperative for the farmers in Nyango Village. 80% of Nyango are subsistence farmers, most of these are women. We started with 50 farmers and their families, we have now increased to 225 farmers and families.
Nyango Village is where our orphanage is located and we felt it important to create a project that benefited all the members of Nyango and their families.
We have implemented a 100% organic farming project that provides professionally staffed workshops. These workshops teach:
- Methods of crop rotation
- Knowledge of nutritious foods
- Importance of organic sustainable farming methods
- How to make farming an economically viable business
WHAT WE NEED TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM:
- Purchase farming tools, seeds, fruit trees to expand their food production.
- Offer farming assistance to other families in this village who want to join our cooperative.
- Offer on-going training programs to expand their knowledge of nutritious foods.
- Purchase plot of land to establish a community fruit tree and farming cooperative.
Women's Cooperative Farming Project
NGOUNDOUP VILLAGE, WESTERN CAMEROON. Zouli Mefire, Supervisor
In 2013 WE CAAN INC started a WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE FARMING PROJECT benefiting widows and children. The village chief wanted to support our women's farming project so he loaned some of his family land to our group. The women and villagers cleared, planted, and harvested crops on about 10 acres of land. Upon harvest the food was donated to the widows and orphans in the village first, then to other villagers, and the excess was sold to raise money to help pay school fees for the orphan children.
Since the start of our project we've produced fantastic results. From donations worldwide we've funded a clean water project installing pipes running from the local mountains into Ngoundoup Village, providing clean drinking water for the entire village.
WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW ORGANIC FARMING PROJECT IN NGOUNDOUP VILLAGE.
JEANNINE WAS IN CAMEROON IN NOVEMBER 2023 AND MET WITH THE CHIEF, THE VILLAGE ELDERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE WOMEN WHO WILL BE SPEARHEADING THIS PROJECT. THE CHIEF HAS FULLY COMMITTED TO HELPING US SUCCEED IN ANY WAY HE CAN. SALIHOU MEFIRE AND HIS SISTER ZOULI ARE THE TWO MAIN POINT PEOPLE ORGANIZING AND SUPERVISING THE ENTIRE PROJECT. SALIHOU AND ZOULI'S MOTHER WAS FROM THIS VILLAGE AND THEY STILL HAVE LARGE PARCELS OF LAND THAT WAS PASSED TO THEM THRU THE MATERNAL LINE OF THEIR FAMILY. THEY HAVE GENEROUSLY GRANTED OUR WOMEN'S FARMERS GROUP PERMISSION TO CLEAR, PREPARE, AND CULTIVATE AN ENTIRE HILLSIDE OF THEIR LAND FOR OUR FARMING PROJECT. WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION AND GENEROSITY OF BOTH SALIHOU AND ZOULI THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
THIS PROJECT IS WOMEN-DRIVEN. THE WOMEN FARMERS HAVE FORMED A COOPERATIVE GROUP, CHOOSING THEIE STRONGEST LEADERS TO REPRESENT THEM AND OUTLINE WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES THEY NEED AS EACH PHASE OF THIS PROJECT IS UNDERWAY. THE WOMEN STARTED CLEARING A PORTION OF THE LAND IN FEBRUARY 2024 AND AS OF MAY 2024 THEY ARE NOW READY TO PREPARE THE SOIL BY DIGGING HOLES FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE UPCOMING RAINS. AFTER THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED THEY WILL BE PLANTING APPROXIMATELY 500 AVOCADO TREES AND ABOUT 100 MANGO TREES THAT WILL BECOME A PROFITABLE "CASH CROP" WITHIN THE NEXT 4-5 YEARS.
ZOULI MEFIRE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THIS SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT AND HAS DREAMS OF BEING ABLE TO BUILD HER OWN HOME IN NGOUNDOUP VILLAGE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT AND IS FULLY DEDICATED TO HELPING UPLIFT THE LIVES OF THESE WOMEN FARMERS AND ALL THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THIS VILLAGE.
FUNDS HAVE BEEN DONATED FOR THESE FIRST TWO STEPS AND ALSO FOR THE PURCHASE OF 300 AVOCADO TREES. WE NEED TO RAISE AN ADDITIONAL $6000 TO PURCHASE THE REMAINING AVOCADO AND FRUIT TREES AND TO UNDERTAKE CLEARING ANOTHER PORTION OF THE LAND FOR A VARIETY OF OTHER FRUIT TREES AS WELL AS A TERRACED HILLSIDE GARDEN OF VEGETABLES AND STAPLE CROPS.
With this new sense of hope and optimism for everyone in this village, these women won't let anything stand in their way of their success and the success of everyone in their village.
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ZOULIE MEFIRE
Native women head all of our WE CAAN projects. Head to our blog read about Zouli's inspiring story.
TSOGOLO IOWALA - BRIGHT FUTURE WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE
Women's Cooperative with Chicken & Pig Raising Projects. Jenet Chiuima, Supervisor
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUED AS OF MAY 2024. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO RE-INSTATE IN THE FUTURE.
Located in NORTHERN MALAWI on the shore of Lake Malawi.
In 2014 using some monies left to me when my mother passed away we funded the construction of a "Mkwiya Study Center & Women's Cooperative" building. The construction of this building became a true "village project". A local woman, Jenet Chiumia, donated a plot of her family land for the building site. And then using their local red soil the villagers in Mkwiya made and fired ALL the bricks that were used in the construction, about 80,000 bricks in total! Jenet was hands-on during the entire construction and a beautiful and sturdy building was completed.
This building is now being used as the meeting place for our women's cooperative, "Tsogolo Iowala", and is a teaching facility offering young people an opportunity to learn about the importance of their environment and ways to recycle and keep their village clean and sustainable. In addition, a women's HIV group holds regular weekly meetings here to give each other support and share knowledge.
Our women's cooperative, TSOGOLO IOWALA, are an incredible group of 20-women strong. Primarily widows, single mothers, and women with large families. They have formed a bond that proves what a small yet mighty group of women can accomplish.
In January 2020 we funded a project designed just for them. With Jenet as supervisor, they have constructed a Chicken house for raising chickens for sale and are just now in the completion stages of finishing the Pig house (sty) where they will raise pigs for sale. We are really excited for them and know without a doubt their success will be transformational for themselves and their families.
Stay tuned for more updates- as we know that only the sky is the limit for these ladies!!
100% OF ALL DONATIONS DIRECTLY BENEFIT WE CAAN INC PROJECTS -
No administration expenses are deducted.
PLEASE JOIN WITH WE CAAN AND OUR AFRICAN FAMILIES IN HELPING TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND THESE PROJECTS!