Maize farming for school feeding project

Salome

Bondo, Kenya

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Salome

Member since

December 2022

On-time repayments

46 installments  •  98%

About Me

My name is Salome Ondego. I come from Usire Village, Bondo Sub-County ,Siaya County in Kenya. I am married with six children.
I am a teacher by profession and is self employed. I am involved in education of children and community development projects in the rural village to improve livelihoods and poverty alleviation.
I am also a farmer. I plant crops like maize, beans , vegetables fruits and sugarcane. I keep livestock too. I love planting trees as a way of conserving the environment.

My Business

I am the Director of Ebenezer Usire Academy, a low cost private primary school established in the rural village to provide quality education to vulnerable children, especially the girl child.
The school was started in 2014 and has a population of 258 pupils from ECDE to Grade 8.
The funds generated from fees payments is used to pay staff salaries and for lunch preparation. The school makes a profit of roughly 25,000 kes. The school bakery project has increased our profits. Thanks to the Zidisha Family. Some of this money usually is used for maintenance of the school buildings, and sponsoring some of the children who have difficulty in paying their school fees.

Project Proposal

I will use the funds to cultivate 3 acres of land to plant maize during the long rains season in March for our school feeding program. Ebenezer Usire Academy has a feeding program that helps in boosting the health of our pupils which translates into better performance. Most of our pupils are from poor families and therefore the provision of meals at the school means a lot to them. They are eager to come to school and learn.
The yield from the 3 acres of land is about 80 bags of 90kg each. This is more than enough to take us through one whole year and still be left with a surplus of about 40 bags to be sold and channeled to development projects of the school of the school.
The maize takes 3 months to mature for harvesting.

My Videos

Dec 15, 2022: Ebenezer usire academy graduation

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Project Info

Project Type

Pay It Forward

Disbursed amount

$285.00

Date disbursed

Mar 17, 2023

Other projects

Dec 2022:  $249

Jun 2023:  $292

Dec 2023:  $417

Backers

Tavin

Ottawa, Canada

Aran Dunlop

United States

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mariamfula

United States

Dan Brinkman

Lynden, WA, United States

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Dave

Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada

Malibu River

Tokyo, Japan

Damaris

Delmonte Thika, Kenya

Eike Christian Lorenzen

Flensburg, Germany

MC

Mike Cormack

Vancouver, Canada

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Chris Greene

Birmingham, AL, United States

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Robert L

United Kingdom

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Mimi Rothschild

United States

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wisdom2080

Fullerton, United States

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andreas wagner

Estonia

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Anonymous

Switzerland

Mary

Lusaka, Zambia

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  • Salome    Dec 26, 2023

    This is the cow I bought with te funds raised. Thanks so much.

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  • Salome    Dec 26, 2023

    Hello my Supporters. I have already recieved the funds ( 410 US dollars). Thank you so much for making our dream come true. I have managed to purchase a grade cow this morning with the funds. I am very happy and may God bless you all abundantly.

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  • Salome    Dec 25, 2023

    I want to take this opportunity to thank all the members who have funded the dairy farming school project. You have made our dream come true. I will buy one incalf cow to provide for milk for the pupils. The milk will also be sold to the community and the money we get will be used to subsidise school fees for the vulnerable children and school development. May God bless you all abundantly.

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  • Salome    Dec 14, 2023

    Hello to my Backers. I thank all for your support to help the school purchase a water storage tank. The tank is already installed and we managed to harvest water. When the school opens in January, there will be plenty of water for cooking, drinking and cleaning. May you all be blessed abundantly.

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  • Salome    Aug 9, 2023

    Hello to my supporters. I managed to buy the water tank for our school. I am yet to install the water tank to harvest water during the short rains. I'll keep on updating you on the progress.
    For our previous project of maize farming, we had a bumper harvest and thank my funders for that. Below is a photo the maize harvested.

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  • Salome    Jul 9, 2023

    I want to take this opportunity to really thank my supporters for the funds I recieved. I am going to buy a tank for rain water harvesting so that our pupils can drink clean water. This will help reduce water bone diseases and as a result performance will improve greatly. Be blessed so much.

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  • Salome    Jun 23, 2023

    Thank you Jochen for wishing us good luck.
    Regards from Ebenezer Usire Academy, Bondo.

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  • Salome    Jun 22, 2023

    I want to take this opportunity to say a very big thank you to all the members who funded my project. I am going to buy a water storage tank for rain water harvesting.
    Our school children will drink clean water and be healthy. This will help them perform better which will lead to the growth and development of the school.
    To my funders, you have made this project become a reality. Thank you once more and may God bless you all.

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  • Jochen    Jun 18, 2023

    Dear Salome,
    good luck with your project.

    Kind Regards from Switzerland,
    Jochen

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  • Salome    Jun 9, 2023

    Hello my Supporters. This is a photo of our ECDE Class with their teachers. I have no regrets for joining the Zidisha family. May God bless you all.

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  • Salome    Jun 9, 2023

    Hello my supporters. Thanks to you all for the support that made me realise my dream for our lunch program. We are going have a bumper harvest of maize in late July or early August. This is the current picture of the maize farm.

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  • Salome    Jun 9, 2023

    Hello my supporters. I am very grateful to you all for the support you gave for my last project. The project was planting maize for the school lunch program. The maize farm is doing very well and with your support we expect a bumper harvest. This is going to make a big difference to the well being of these children and the surplus of maize will be sold for the development of the school. Infact since I joined the Zidisha family I have seen a big change in the school in terms of development. I am very grateful to the Zidisha Team who came up with the idea of global fundraising. The picture is the maize farm at present. The harvest will be late July or early August.

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  • Salome    May 26, 2023

    The Ebenezer pupils are enjoying their lunch. The lunch project means alot to these children. The school also provides porridge for break.
    I'm still very grateful to my supporters for the funds given to plant maize for the lunch project.

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  • Salome    May 8, 2023

    This is the farm at present. The rains are still on and we expect a good harvest.
    Hello. The maize farm is doing great. The weeding has been done. I'm just waiting for the harvest. Thanks once for all the support my funders gave.

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  • Salome    Mar 18, 2023

    I want to inform members who supported me that I recieved funding yesterday for my project and I am very grateful to you all.
    I can go on with land preparation and buy seeds to plant maize on my 3 acre farm. The rains are here with us. May God bless you so much.

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  • Salome    Mar 6, 2023

    I want to take this opportunity to really thank members who have funded my project. This has come in good time to help me with preparations for this planting season. The rains have started pouring and my dream is going to come true. Be blessed so much. I will keep on updating you on the progress.
    Thank you once more.

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    wisdom2080    Mar 1, 2023

    Praying that the school is filled with love, wisdom, and joy! God bless us all!
    Genesis 26:12: Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.

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    • Salome    Mar 6, 2023

      Thank you so much for the encouragement. I believe that your prayer for the school has been answered. Be blessed

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  • Salome    Feb 26, 2023

    I am with some of our pupils who graduated to Grade 1 last year.

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  • Salome    Feb 26, 2023

    I have stated land prepation for this planting season

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