Children will report back for their second academic term on 09th May 2022 and it is on this note that we call for your possible support to enable us put up temporary structures where they can continue with their classes.
Today we captured this VIDEO while a class was going on at Mother Erinah Juniour School ( found in Bunakijja Village, Ntenjeru Sub-County, Uganda) . During covid19 local down, termites destroyed almost all the wooden classrooms and when schools opened this month, the school had no enough classrooms for a very big turnup of children reporting for their first academic term. With no clear option, we used plastic sheets to make a temporary roof to make sure that children continue with classes though still not very safe when it rains.
This is a community primary school with a total of 295 pupils as of today 02Febuary2022. This school is in need of: (1) Desks for pupils to sit on (each desk which accommodates 3 pupils costs $80), (2) Classroom construction support, and (3) Scholastic materials.
For more information please send email to: mother.erinahjunior@gmail.com and CC: robkib@gmail.com
Schools have been closed for over two years now and many in Africa have been struggling to devise ways on how children can continue schooling while at home but all in vain. Platforms like WhatsApp, Zoom, Facebook, etc have been tried by many education institutions to reach out to their learners but all in vain because majority lacked equipment, technical knowhow, electricity, internet network, money to pay for internet costs, etc
During this event, speakers will discuss the following questions below to help education institutions in Africa understand what needed to be done to implement a sustainable eLearning program for their learners in regard to the existing challenges.
(1) What do you need to effectively implement a sustainable E-Learning Program in Africa?
(2) What are the Challenges and Advantages of implementing a sustainable E-Learning Program in Africa?
If you are in business of hatching eggs, make sure you have enough Roosters which you can keep on rotating. You can see, these roosters in the photo were removed and kept in holding rooms for a day and other roosters were introduced. So, we keep on rotating roosters to make sure that we have a good percentage of fertilized eggs which result into a good percentage of chicks on hatching. Remember, each rooster serves 8 hens (according to our research) but books say one rooster per 10 hens.
Forages can provide a significant amount of poultry nutrition, reducing the amount of feed that a poultry farmer feeds a flock. Although poultry are not ruminants – they’re monogastric – a good pasture is still a valuable resource for the flock. Pastured poultry eat five to 20 per cent [of their diet] from pasture, depending on type and age of poultry, and the quality of forage growth”.
We have started to harvest our tomatoes as you can see in the attached photos. One thing you need to always remember with organic backyard tomato growing in sacks is, to be able to make your own composite manure as we explained earlier in this video https://youtu.be/Y3XsEibkfCw . Having access to composite manure will help you to easily enrich your soil which is used every now and then. Again, I encourage to keep some chicken at home which can be a good source for material you need to make composite manure. Thank you
Our parent stock is developing well and this is the feed formula we use at this stage: In100Kg of Maize Bran, add: 12Kg of Fish (silver fish), 12Kg of Cotton cake, 12Kg of Lime or Shells, 0.5Kg of General Premix, 0.5Kg of Salt, 0.5Kg of Toxic Binder, NOTE: -You can add 20Kg of Broken maize if there no enough granules in the maize bran. Always remember to add toxic binder to get lead of any pathogens which might be dangerous to your birds.
I have realized that you can harvest over 10 fruits from a single eggplant crop. If for example you plant 10 eggplants, then you are likely to harvest not less than 100 fruits. If you plant in a sack like I did, then you need to irrigate during dry days. In my case, I use a 2L plastic bottle for irrigating my eggplant for entire week as you can see in the photos. Remember this very important fact, you need to be able to make your own composite manure to help you easily enrich your backyard soil. You can learn from my video how you can easily and cheaply make one for you right at your home: https://youtu.be/dVYrVxwcjj4
Flipped upside down plastic bottle filled with water
During hot seasons, it’s important that we keep ourselves and our plants well hydrated. In the heat and sun, our bodies perspire to cool us down, and plants transpire in the midday heat too. Just as we rely on our water bottles throughout the day, plants can benefit from a slow-release watering system as well.
Fill your bottle to the top with water. Then flip the bottle upside down and bury it about two inches into the soil. As the soil dries out from your last watering, fluid will slowly drip from the bottle into your soil, ensuring that your plant receives just the moisture it needs to thrive. It is amazing but, the plant consumes very little water a day and that 1L plastic bottle can serve a crop for a number of days during the week.
We are now out of brooder and we are one month and two weeks. At one month, begin to introduce your Kuroiler chicks to grass and leaves of certain plants. Amazingly, grass provides approximately one quarter of a chicken’s daily nutrient requirements resulting in them eating less feed. Therefore, you will spend less money paying for feed. Grass is high in protein, iron and vitamins E and C. You may want to go and cut all the grass you can for you flock with this new information.
However, there are some things to be carful of when allowing your flock to eat grass. Make sure it’s not treated with any chemicals or pesticides. Also, if you watch your chickens free range you will notice that they only eat the tops of the grass blade. The reason for this is because if they eat the entire blade, they risk the chance of crop impaction. So when harvesting grass for them, avoid giving them long, thick pieces. Be sure you only feed grass blade pieces no smaller than 1″ and never just grab a handful of grass and throw it to your flock.
Here are weeds and plants to stay away from (Note that most chickens will not eat plants they know are bad for them but it’s still good to be safe): Azalea, Rhododendron, Henbane, Black Nightshade, Buttercup, Clematis, Foxglove, Castor Bean, Irises, Oleander, Vetch, St. John’s Wort, Sweet Pea, Honeysuckle, Privet, Trumpet Vine.
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