Projects Made a Difference

Submitted by: Colleen Walton

We are visiting Wakulima Dairy Co-op these early days of our trip. This group has been a partner with Farmers Helping Farmers for 11 years and in this time has grown substantially under the careful management of an elected Board and visionary Chair. With training on better cow feeding and hygiene coupled with a 10,000L milk cooling tank, supported by FHF over the last 4 years, the average milk from a cow has risen from 2- 3 L/ day to 7 litres per day and the dairy group collects up to 23 - 34,000 L/day up with targeted production of 30 – 37,000 L by the end of 2008. The Dairy is made up of over 5,000 farmers and this increased milk production, and thus revenue, has contributed injected significantly in the local economy. When we visit this area we are thanked by many people for the contribution that FHF, with the support of its donors and CIDA, has made in the community. I feel honoured to be receiving these thanks and feel amazingly touched by their gratitude which I’m not fully sure that I can convey to all the people that make their donations to make the work of FHF possible.