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Need: Purchase seeds, seedlings, farm labor, land lease and tools.

Location: Kamuli District, Uganda, Sonrise Children’s Home compound

We are seeking someone that will partner with us in our agriculture program. Your grant would supplement our labor and materials costs so we can increase our food production.  

Our existing crops include maize, sweat potatoes, green peppers, carrots, onions, tomatoes, green beans, dry beans, rice, edible sugar cane, spinach, bananas, matooke, papaya, pineapple, cabbage, passion fruit, mango, eggplant, bitter melon, greens and Irish potatoes.

Each of our 3 living cottages have a small garden which the children help maintain. We also have several acres of crops managed by our farmer Tom. We can increase our acreage depending on funds received.

Benefits:

1. Provides critical food for our home, school children and staff.

2. Supports our efforts of becoming self-sustaining

3. Reduced requirements for produce purchases

4. Income producing should there be any excess

Budget: $18,180 (Annually) or $1,515 (Monthly) 

Sonrise Children’s Home serves to promote the Good News of Christ in their area of influence through education, farming, school, outreach and discipleship.