Hello!

I’m Kioko. A Small-Scale Farmer & Pastor with a dream for the people of Malooi, Kenya.

I serve as a Church leader in a rural community in Eastern Kenya called Malooi. I want to share with you a dream for the people of Africa.

I am a small-scale farmer. My farm project includes a small orchard, a tree nursery and an apiary. The proceeds from the farm have supplied for our needs and we have also been able to use them to help others.

I have expanded this model to a demonstration farm that is managed by youth members of our community.

    The Project Plan

    The Church has dedicated a 3 acre piece of land for a demonstration farm project that will train farmers how to manage soil among other farming ventures. We want to teach our community members they can find Hope From the Soil & Hope from Jesus.

    Most families in the community own about three acres of land. The demonstration farm staff will encourage and train families to replicate the demonstration farm in their family farms. Many have attended our training workshops and are implementing these ideas. The Project is named Malooi Youth Demonstration Farm (MYDF) because the farm is located in Malooi, Kenya.

    We plan for this Demo farm to be comprised of:

    • A training institution
    • Orchard
    • Tree nursery
    • Apiary
    • Fish pond
    • Poultry farm
    • Wood lot
    • Mushroom farm

    The project location

    Malooi is in Makueni County of Eastern Kenya. Makueni receives 160-650mm per annum and is classified in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL). Almost all of the County is rural with 67% of the population living below poverty line. Many young people have been going to the urban in search of jobs. A knowledge of the treasures in a well-managed soil will reduce the unhealthy migration and create self-employment. The market for fruits, mushrooms, honey in the country is growing and the youth can get what they want in their ancestral lands.

    The youth group has already been working in the farm. They started a nursery in 2006 that is now registered with the Horticultural Crops Development Authority (HCDA) and Kenya Plant Health Services Inspectorate (KEPHIS). They have planted citrus, mangoes and avocado trees. In 2011, they planted small forest with about 200 trees in memory of the Nobel Peace Prize Laurette, Wangari Maathai.

    The team

    The Makueni County Government has offered to do supervisory visits to the farm to offer technical support. The Church has formed a six member advisory board to advice the farm team. In the US, four men and two ladies interested in serving Africa have volunteered to serve as an advisory board. Kioko Mwangangi has committed himself to direct the project for the next five years and work very close with the farm team and the two advisory boards.

    Faith and Learning International (FLI), an Illinois Not for Profit Corporation in Wheaton, accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), has made a commitment to help in managing donations as well as issuing tax deductible certificates: