BATWA FARM AT MATANDA

A wonderful harvest supports many families

UPDATE MARCH 26 2024

The 14 families we have been able to help come from 3 Batwa settlements (mainly Mukongoro settlement with some from Karehe and Nyabishika settlements). These families have a total of 83 members, of which 33 adults who work regularly on the farm land. The remainder are infants (15), school-going children. (17) and elders (18) who occasionally may be able to assist on the farm land.

The Batwa Farm at Matanda has also yielded a harvest of approximately 150 kg of beans.  In addition, the Batwa are able to harvest 2 large sacs, on a monthly basis, of the cassava roots.  Each sac contains approximately 250 cassava roots. 

The February, 2024 harvest of corn yielded at least 3,000kg.  It is currently being ground into maize flour and stored in 10kg sacs for distribution.