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Kenyan Farmers’ Group to Receive Drip Irrigation Greenhouse Gift
ACDI/VOCA is pleased to announce that the Kenyan farmers’ group, Kipchamo Poverty Eradication Program (KIPEP), will receive the drip irrigation-greenhouse package from the Greenest of Gifts campaign.
Our Kenya staff selected KIPEP—an umbrella group of 13 farmers’ groups—to receive the equipment and training so generously donated by our supporters. KIPEP has a total of 700 members in the Rift Valley, and 11 of its 17 leaders are women.
"KIPEP’s progressive attitude and can-do spirit made it an obvious choice for the gift,” says Diana Roach, director of volunteer programs. “The group’s majority of women leaders also well reflects the prominent role women have in Kenyan agriculture.”
KIPEP plans to invest some of its own capital in the project to further expand benefits from the new technology and training. Proceeds from vegetables grown in the greenhouse will be shared by the 13 member groups.
As a next step, ACDI/VOCA will purchase and deliver the drip irrigation, water tank and greenhouse and will deploy an expert volunteer to train farmers in how to use the equipment and market what they produce.
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