CMC member in charge of bursaries and scholarships

I have a zero-grazing unit of 4 cattle which I’ve kept intact. I also have local poultry. I have banana plantation, pasture, I grow maize and beans.

Through the centre, I’ve learned Rotary Club management and leadership training. I have learned about animal husbandry and crop management, poultry keeping, how to use computers, and how to mobilize the community.

My vision for the centre is self empowerment and community empowerment, to empower myself and others. Economic empowerment, how to make farmers self-reliant, without becoming beggars and asking for help all the time. We can use the centre for value addition, for example could put the milk in a cooler and add value by making cheese, butter, yogurt. When you sell such products, you can make a lot more money than you can from raw milk.

I’m getting very much interested in goat management. If the centre could have goats with milk, it is very nutritious and would have a lot of health benefits. For example, it could help the local HIV population.

If we had irrigation flowing, we could have food through the whole year instead of depending on rain. Many people go hungry during the dry season.

Another thing that’s a problem is women who are HIV and AIDS victims. When their husbands die, they are kicked out of their homes by their husband’s families who blame them. These are the people who rent small rooms in markets. If we could make a home for them, we could be training them with skills and guidance and counseling and make them self-reliant.

Orphans need attention. They need a place where they can be trained and be given skills. The community center could be such a place. I am a paralegal on human rights, but I don’t have a way to help them. This could be a place while you look for their parents.

Widows need attention too. All of these people need a place where they belong, they are needed, and to give them hope.