We have been getting many kind donations from our friends and family for this cause! We still need about $2500 to make sure the project gets completed. However, we have all decided to use the money we have raised to start clearing land and building the women's toilets. When we can see the cleared land we will be able to map out what goes where in the garden and where to put piping for irrigation, where the chickens should go, etc.
We would like to thank everyone for their kind donations! Please tell your friends and family to keep donating so we can see this project through. Thanks!

Rainy Season came later than normal this year, and because of that work has been slow. We have cleared the land as much as we could with the first machine and people work. We are waiting for the land to dry a bit so we can get a tractor to smooth the land over and dig up some of the harder roots. The rain has been coming every few days, so by the time the land is dry enough to work on it begins to rain again. This is good for the farmers in the area and those who depend on rain water for survival. This late rainy season shouldn't last too much longer and our work will go much faster once things dry up a little.

We have decided that instead of making toilets for the women, we will make a bridge to go across a very narrow river so they can go in the bushes that we didn't clear. The women prefer this, and asked us to do it this way. They are used to going outside, and we were afraid that if we built toilets for the women they would not use them. Hopefully tomorrow if it is not raining we can build the little cement bridge they requested.

We have raised a little over half of the money needed to fully complete this project with chickens and cows. The villagers decided that since we have enough money to definitely complete the garden, they wanted to get started on that. We would really love to be able to get chickens and cattle for the villagers, and in the future build a school for the children so they do not have to live so far away from home in order to go to school. Please spread the word to your family and friends to consider donating in someone's name for the holiday season.

Please check out our photo page for updated photos on clearing the land and our community dinner that was a kick off to the start of the project. The able bodied villagers cooked over a big camp fire for 200 people! It was an amazing feat, and everyone was happy because there was enough food for everyone and it was delici