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LAKE FELLOWSHIP CENTRE

P.O. BOX 3295 – 40100

8th Feb 2006

www.lakecentre.longrange.org

Our Reaction to the Drought problem in Kenya

We have been having drought in Kenya in the past 5

months and it is still going. The problem has

affected many and different people have reacted in

different ways. We would like to come up with a

reaction that will help achieve better goals. We are

sure that giving food to the affected people is good

but we feel that giving people a long-term solution is

better. The farmers are a effected and we would like

to help them come up with other solutions:

1. Train them about better farming methods

2. Train them to use better seeds for better yield

3. Giving them certified seeds

We are asking forum members to help us train these

families and to raise money for certified seeds

The costs of seeds are as follows:

1. Corn or Maize @$ 3.50 per 2kg packet

2. Millet or Sorghum @$ 2 per 2kg packet

3. Sunflower @ $ 2 per 2kg packets

These are the number of packets we need and their

costs

1. Corn or maize @$ 3.50x100 packets =$ 350

2. Millet or sorghum @ $ 2x50 packets =$ 100

3. Sunflower @ $ 2x50 packets =$ 100

4. Training cost (covered by Lake Board) =$ 50

Total $ 600

How will this help the community and Lake fellowship

Centre?

The trained family members will have enough food in

their homes

The trained family members increase their level of

harvest

The families will give back 1% of their harvest to

Lake Fellowship Centre to help the orphans living at

the Centre

Our appeal

We are really seeing this as a better move than just

giving them food donations and it will just get

finished.

We are strongly appealing for your help in meeting

these needs.

Feel free to email me at tomokeyo@... for

further communications

Tom Okeyo Obiero

Lake Fellowship Centre

Project Coordinator.

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