Mpulula II Farmers club with Amina Sumani at her house
Mpulula II Farmers club under Get Up Stand Micro credit project has adopted a family as part of the conditions to receive fertilizers this year. The group has adopted Gogo Amina Sumani who is 82.
A visit to the base of the group in Mpulula II Village, Traditional Authority Nsamala has revealed that the 12 member group has apart from helping the old lady at her field, the group has also built her house that fell due to heavy rains.
Amina Sumani showing part of the wall that was rebuilt by the group
According to the Secretary of the group, Kim Mdala, the house of Amina Sumani fell on the night of 28 January 2013 while she was inside the house sleeping with her daughter and a nephew. Fortunately, the wall fell outwards.
The crop looks promising this year
“We bought bricks on credit worth K6000 (12.5 Euros) and we hope to give back the money when we sell our cotton later this year,” reveals Mdala.
Mdala says the group expects to the harvest to be better this year than the past two years though they will lose some maize due to too much rainfall.
Amina with her daughter
The group intends to plant some crops for irrigation in future but this will be possible if they get an engine pump.
On the house issue, Mdala says as a group they have done what they could but they see that the only long term solution to Gogo Amina’s house is to build another house for her, a thing they cannot manage.
Get Up Stand Up is a micro credit project under Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) which is funded by Association of Lawyers in Bergamo that gives fertilizers to farmers who in turn give back the loan after they harvest without any interest.
By Our Reporter