Projects

“No Poor Among Us” Projects in Mozambique

The agricultural project that most excited us when the LDS Church sent us to Africa was a poultry project in Mozambique.  A women’s co-op wanted help in establishing an egg ranch.  They had access to 3 ranch buildings owned by the veterinarian college.   My husband David has expertise in poultry, so when the Church decided not to go forward, we decided to do it on our own.  We were blessed to receive some rather large, as well as some very small donations from friends and family to begin the “No Poor Among Us” Egg Ranch. Almost 2 years ago, we bought 6,000 chickens for the first chicken house that we had refurbished.  We now have another 3,000 birds in the second house, and the hens are producing about 8,000 eggs a day.  Several women and a few men have work, and soon there should be profits that will go to help women’s causes.

We have begun a third project that looks very promising, the “No Poor Among Us” Family Cage Program.  We are putting small, 50-chicken cages in the yards of single women with children.  They are given their first flock of chickens and feed, and they are expected to buy replacement chickens with their profits.  They have been selling the eggs, often right out of the cages, a few at a time.  Although there have been many kinks to work out, such as finding yards with enough room for a cage, good security, and enough light to the chickens, we are excited about the potential of this program.  We were touched when one woman told us she had paid for the one egg she had taken out of the cage to eat, even though they are allowed to use some of the eggs for their families.

Charlotte Hamblin

“No Poor Among Us”

To learn more, click on www.nopooramongus.com