Dear friends and supporters, we greatly appreciate your support towards our cause of fighting hunger in our society. We have now raised 52% of the funds needed to purchase our own land and create hope for thise in need. We still need your support to raise atleast 80%of the funds needed to pay for the first installment. Your support through donations, sharing, ideas and knowledge would mean a world to us.
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I could use your help with something.
There are lots of people who can use your help in the world right now. If you're helping any of them, thank you.
Let me tell you about some people I want to help, and invite you to join me if you can.
For a few months, I've been talking with @nuwagaba2 , who lives in the Kiboga District, Uganda. He is a teacher, and founder of the Fill The Empty Stomachs Farming Initiative, an NGO that has been feeding the hungry in his area. They provide free food for those who cannot afford to pay; any produce they do sell is used to sustain the project.
Fill The Empty Stomachs rented land to farm on, but renting is a short-term solution and unstable. They farmed rented land for a year, but their lease ended when the owner decided to use it for another purpose.
To make this work long-term, they need to buy land of their own. I want to help them do it. If you are in a position to help, I invite you to join me.
They have a GoFundMe set up, and it's almost halfway to its goal. Let's get it the rest of the way so that they can buy land. I will match any donation made in the next month (no need to tell me about it, I'll just watch the numbers on the page).
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-nuwagaba-to-empower-young-farmers
The GoFundMe is being run by a man in Wales who is trusted by Nuwagaba and his team.
While they raise money to buy land, they are still busy: they have shifted their focus to education, teaching others in the area to improve their own farms. They have started a small chicken business.
I met Nuwagaba here on the Fediverse, but have had hours of video calls with him. I got a tour of the rented land they used to farm. He's a teacher and I'm a professor, so we've talked about the education systems in our countries. We've talked about our hopes for the future - for the places we live and the people in our communities. I've met other people from Fill The Empty Stomachs, Mugisha and Timothy. These folks are serious about wanting to make things better for the poor in their area.
Look, I realize a lot of people are jaded about trusting people they meet on the Internet. I'm not going to tell you shouldn't be. What I can tell you is that I've spent a lot of time talking to Nuwagaba and other members of his team, and I'm convinced. If you're interested in helping, but also need to be convinced, Nuwagaba would be happy to talk with you; you can contact him here, or I have his email address and phone number.
So: if you can join me, please do, and I'll match whatever you are able to contribute.
In a #community where hunger has become the order of the day among many vulnerable individuals and children, hope lies in the hands of young farmers who have dedicated themselves to make a change in such a community through #agriculture by extending their hands on tools to make this happen. Let's together share the joy of having the Empty Stomachs filled and many lives transformed. Support us to buy #land and make this dream a reality.
# mutualaid
#environment
In a #community where hunger has become the order of the day among many vulnerable individuals and children, hope lies in the hands of young farmers who have dedicated themselves to make a change in such a community through #agriculture by extending their hands on tools to make this happen. Let's together share the joy of having the Empty Stomachs filled and many lives transformed. Support us to buy #land and make this dream a reality.
# mutualaid
#environment
After doing some garden work, we made a harvest of some tomatoes in one of the local farmer's garden. Thanks to everyone who supports our work through boosting, favourites, donations and sharing to our compaign and also request you to keep the candle burning
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#community empowerment
#sustainability
Dear friends, supporters and followers, i wanted to share with you some updates concerning the work of Fill the Empty Stomachs Farming Initiative. As we're struggling to raise funds for buying our own land , we're also still extending our hands to support our local farmers. This makes us happy endlessly and think of how great is what we can make possible through working together. Having covered 44% of the funds we need to buy land, we still request for your support
Dear friends, supporters and followers, i wanted to share with you some updates concerning the work of Fill the Empty Stomachs Farming Initiative. As we're struggling to raise funds for buying our own land , we're also still extending our hands to support our local farmers. This makes us happy endlessly and think of how great is what we can make possible through working together. Having covered 44% of the funds we need to buy land, we still request for your support
Rob Ricci