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Ag projects provide food and income for orphans

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Pastor Nonguierma with Wendinso (belongs to God), an orphan who was given a goat pair to raise

Pastor Jean Baptiste Nonguierma from Komsilga is supervising the orphans who received goats for animal husbandry.

He is excited about the goat project for orphans as he can see this project will enlarge the children’s vision and give them the skills to eventually raise other animals. Wendinso is one of the orphans who was given a pair of goats to raise.

Pastor Nonguierma says,

“We see the project giving opportunity to orphans in our churches to raise animals for themselves as something that truly help the children to be self-supporting in the future. In our tradition we say that if you have a chicken today, you will trade it tomorrow with a goat; which means progression in one’s life. These orphans have received goats and I believe they will trade them or sell them to perhaps buy cows in the future. It is a valuable project and we appreciate it very much and hope to see it continue for the benefit of many other orphans in the villages.”

In July, 2010 ACTS gave 10 breeding pairs of goats to 10 orphans from other villages. They have been asked to give breeding pairs of goats to other orphans by the end of next year and show the children how to care for the goats.

The Hope Center still has 22 goats remaining. Several have already been transferred to the new area where ACTS will soon begin a farming project involving older orphans.

Click here to read how you can help buy goats, chickens and rabbits for ag projects.

About the agricultural site
This site was given to ACTS by the mayor. It is a better site for growing fruit trees, vegetables and raising animals. A well has been drilled and is working. A home for a gardener/guard was built and he and his family lives on site.

Breeding pairs of goats, chickens and rabbits were purchased.

Vegetables were planted at ACTS Goby site and have begun to grow. There will soon be more vegetables for the children's meals.

The rows of vegetables must be kept watered because rain doesn't regularly fall on Burkina Faso and the climate is hot and dry.

In August 2011, ACTS planted 300 banana trees and 75 papaya trees at the ACTS farm. We thank the Lord for the opportunity to obtain the trees that will eventually produce fruit to supplement the orphans diet and provide income for farming projects.

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ACTS is in discussions with agronomists in the US and Burkina Faso to find ways to make the fields more productive.

[Read about animal husbandry program and how you can help.]

[Read about children whose lives have been forever changed by the loving staff of ACTS Ministry in Burkina Faso.]

[A new ag program launched by the government.]

ACTS Center in Saonré is dedicated to giving a hand up and not a handout to the forgotten ones of Burkina Faso...widows and orphans.

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