Spring Cultivate is Here
April 16, 2012 by Micah
Our spring Cultivate Magazine is here! Check out all the great stories here.
Category: Training
Team Building for ELI KK Staff
March 29, 2012 by Cathy
It takes teamwork to complete this kind of task!
Recently the ELI Kipkaren staff gathered for a team building event. Part of the morning was spent solving some ‘puzzles’ to demonstrate how effective we can be when we communicate well, think creatively,rely on each other, and work together. Amidst the chuckles and cheers we concretely experienced the value each one of us has in completing our collective goal. We concluded our time together with a meeting under the sycamore tree to listen to some talks from our directors. We learned the value of being part of a T.E.A.M. – Together Everyone Achieves More Success. It was a time of inspiration, refocusing, and fun!
KAA Campaign this Weekend
March 27, 2012 by Katie
The Empowering Lives Kenya Anti-Alcoholic (KAA) program will be running a campaign in the village Merewet, located in the Moiben Region, on March 30 -31, 2012. The Team has determined that Merewet will be their new target of operation this year, where there is much brewing and alcoholism currently taking place. It is estimated that 25% of this population are alcoholics, ranging in age from 18 to 45.
The village of Merewet is in economic decline, as many in the community are not working or investing their funds into establishing a sustainable living for their families. While there is farming, the yield is extremely poor. Either there is little motivation to learn farming techniques or what money is made is spent feeding their addiction.
The KAA team will set out to help inform this community of the dangers of alcoholism, so that they can make an informed decision on how they want to live the rest of their lives. (more…)
Church Empowerment
March 19, 2012 by Cathy
Members of Tebesonik AIC Church learn about double dug beds
On Saturday, March 17th a one day seminar was held at the KK Training Center for 19 farmers from Tebesonik AIC Church. This was a church had previously received some on-site training by SACDP teachers at their village in November and January. Today the farmers came to see and do practically what they had been taught earlier.
The visitors were divided into two groups. The men went to the shamba (farm) to learn how to make vertical gardens, apply double digging techniques, and how to plant kale, cowpeas, spider plants, and tomatoes. The men also learned how to feed and care for dairy cows and how to construct a chicken house for local chickens and layers.
40,000 tree seedlings have been planted by this church member!
On previous visits Isaac Mwebei, SACDP Coordinator, visited farmers to teach them about starting tree nurseries. One of the farmers was so inspired that he began with energy; he now has 40,000 tree seedlings! At this training Isaac explained how to maintain the seedlings. The farmers learned horticulture of crops that are grown in the training center such as passion fruit, sweet pepper, and citrus.
As the men were going round, the women learned how to bake. Dorcas and the assistant teacher, Esther, taught the women how to make cakes, doughnuts and bread. This was successful and the women were very happy for they are able to do this by themselves now.
As an expression of the deepening relationship between ELI and the Tebesonik AIC church the visitors extended their love to the ELI Kipkaren Children’s Home by donating a bag of maize. To be empowered seems to always create a desire to empower others. We are thankful for the blessing of such visitors!
By Dorcas Rutto, ELI Kipkaren Training Center
Baking In The Garden
January 10, 2012 by Holly
The Ukweli Training Center in Ilula, Kenya has agreed to partner with the AIC Missionary College to provide a three-month training program to their missionary students. The course will instruct the students in areas of agriculture, personal hygiene and in the culinary arts. The hope is to empower these students with the necessary skills and knowledge to survive in hardship areas of the world.
This week, the students learned how to build a wood-burning oven, using bricks, mud and a steel drum, which was built in the Training Center’s demonstration garden. Later in the week when the mud had dried, Mrs. Mary Chepsat, a trained chef and one of the mothers at the Ilula Children’s Home, taught the students how to make bread and to properly bake it in the homemade oven. In about fifteen minutes, the bread was done to perfection. The day ended with a warm slice of bread, a true testament to the students’ hard work.
Photo of the Day
November 8, 2011 by Micah
Tanzania country director’s wife Sarah, digs up a termite mound for feed for her chickens.
