Hello,

My name is Catherine Wanjiku Rimui. I am a Kenyan national, currently resident in Nakuru County, within the larger Rift valley province, Kenya.

I am married to Mr. David Wanjohi and we have 4 children and one grandchild. Super exciting.

I am currently not employed, and it is only my husband who has been supporting the family, which can be difficult. I would therefore like to contribute and help my husband in meeting the needs of our family.

I have been doing kitchen gardening, leaning towards vegetables for subsistence use, and that has assisted in some of our expenses, where food and nutrition are involved.

Recently I have developed an interest in poultry rearing, and while I now have 10 chickens, I am looking to expand my brood and in the process make it an income-generating prospect.

I am excited to start this phase of my life, seeing that at my age, formal employment is off the table. I would be happy to apply my time and strength to this project, and with your help, I will be able to contribute to raising our family.

I am a firstborn to my parents, and I hail from a polygamous setting, meaning I have very many brothers and Sisters. Almost 20 in number! Our family reunions are therefore usually full of fun and laughter, as is typical with large gatherings, it's literally a clan.

I am therefore happy to be incorporated into the Zidisha family, which is global, and founded on principles of kindness, generosity, trust, and confidence. We are indeed each other's keepers, and that is humbling. I remain entirely grateful.

Looking forward to walking this journey together.

Hello again,

I am looking to expand my chicken rearing project starting with broiler chicken to sell chicken meat, and later expand to incorporate layers.

Later on, with proper equipment, I will also be able to sell chicks to other persons involved in poultry farming to rear for meat and eggs.

I will need to build chicken houses, buy chicken food, ensure there's medicine at hand, and feeding/watering equipment.

There will also be a need for a thermostat to regulate and maintain viable temperatures for hatching chicks.

I have been rearing chicken over the past few years with Zidisha. Presently, i am not sure what has been happening as i do have chickens but we are ijn a situation where they are not laying eggs, so minimally, such that we sometimes only collect an egg per day.

Also, some chicken are being affected by a calcium deficiency that is causing them not to walk properly and i feels sometimes as though they are suffering.

Theres nothing we havent tried, and this tells us that maybe its time to bring in fresh stocks because even with ourtr near non existent eggs output, we do not have fresh cances to breed fresh chicks.

That being the cause, we need to phase out our entire brood, and start afresh. This will require finances. This project has helpde my family over the years as i have been able to cater for my familiy's basic neccessities, and alo by them participating in the project, it has really strengthened the family bond.

We have been able to share with pour communities eggs for breeding or even for eating, Now that we are phasing out, the community will benefit from very attarctive chicken prices.