allAfrica.com
1 November 2009
Widows are often looked down on and pitied in Kenya. But the widows in the village of Angata Barakoi in the Transmara area of Kenya were determined to help each other and make a life for themselves, without relying on handouts and charity from relatives. Eighty-six widows banded together to form a support group to deal with the effects of HIV, grief, and the difficulties of living in a ...
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All Right!, The world food program supporting local production by purchasing the food it needs to distribute from people like this is excellent news. Now, let's do the same to those yam farmers I was reading about here yesterday, and build the storage capacity needed to hold the produce until needed, encourage more of the gardening efforts that are producing so many success stories, clear your waters of their weeds, reforest and use natural fertilizing techniques and the next thing you know you will have a well fed continent.