Joy after three years.

Teresina James is a member of women group which joined CIFORD Kenya in 2020. Working with the group has made Teresina discover that she can use the little water she has to grow fruits and vegetables. After giving the farmers some mango seedlings. Teresina’s family have something to smile about as they have bananas and mangoes.  Luckily the family is near a stream which dries up when there is drought.

Teresina has planted 15 mango trees and 20 banana suckers which have now grown.
With such success the neighbours have started learning from Teresina.

We continue to train the communities and giving them ideas on new enterprises which can  better and help them and also help them get better returns.

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