Wednesday 15 June 2011

Site used for food

This close-up of a door and two windows shows
(a) the window has a mosquito screen - essential in a country where Malaria is a major killer.
(b) One of the two security guards, who are on duty day and night; they are both homeless boys, who were orphaned when young, and were then mistreated by those into whose care they had been given; so they ran away and lived on the streets, where Enos met them and befriended them.
(c) Around his feet are some young chickens!
Enos has six hens which have then produced some young ones. He has also been promised more poultry by a government scheme.
This is part of his programme of using the 2-acre site to produce food to feed the children once they move in. He has planted some pineapple plants; he grew some cotton, and the profit from selling that was reinvested in G-nuts. Corn was pictured on yesterday's post.
Enos is thinking very much about the future sustainability of the site. One trouble is that wild animals come in and damage the crops; almost certainly fencing will need to be erected to protect the crops. At present they rely on the guards driving the animals away.
He also has two goats, but before he can bring them to the SKILL site a shelter will need to be erected.
He has also been promised a maize mill.

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