Project 04 · Farms & livelihoods
Seed, Animals & Storage
Seed and animal donations, farmer training, a school farm, a grain store and a soap-making unit.
The problem
A good season should not disappear by Christmas.
When the harvest comes, prices are low. A family sells what it can, eats what it must, and watches the rest spoil or go cheaply. A storage room changes that arithmetic.
Seed, animals and training are small assets. The grain store, the school farm and the soap unit are the pieces that make them last.
What this project funds
Seed and animal donations and the things around it.
2026 quotations in US dollars. Every line is tied to a purchase the school can receipt.
- Seed and animal donations
- Improved seed, goats, chickens and pigs for families.$7,000
- Farmer training
- Soil, planting, animal care and record-keeping.$5,000
- Grain storage
- A dry, secure store so a harvest can wait for a better price.$7,000
- School farm
- A plot and livestock that feed the lunch programme.$3,000
- Soap-making unit
- Bar soap for the school and local market.$2,000
- Tailoring workshop
- Machines and training for the women's cooperative.$1,000
Budget & target
$25,000 for 2026.
Partially funded. The remaining gap is the next funder's opportunity.
2026 budget
Partially funded| Item | Cost | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Seed and animal donations | $7,000 | Ongoing |
| Farmer training | $5,000 | Ongoing |
| Grain storage completion | $7,000 | Partially funded |
| School farm | $3,000 | Ongoing |
| Soap-making unit | $2,000 | Funding gap |
| Tailoring workshop | $1,000 | Ongoing |
| Total | $25,000 |
The meter is updated from the school's records. A goal is shown only when the school committee has signed the quotation.
How we will verify it
What a donor can ask to see.
Verification is a habit of keeping paper, not a paragraph in a proposal.
- Harvest and production records. What was grown or made, in what quantity, and what happened to it.
- Sales receipts and a simple cash book. Money in, money out and what the surplus paid for.
- School meal records. If produce goes to the kitchen, the school can show how many meals it supported.
- A committee review. A written decision at the end of the pilot: stop, adjust or scale.
Timeline
From the first class to 2026.
Dates are recorded where they matter. The next phase is not dated until it is funded.
Seed and animals
The first seed and animal donations reach households.
The school farm
A small plot and livestock are established.
Storage phase 1
The grain store begins; the completion still needs funding.
Scale what works
The soap unit and the rest of the store are waiting for a funder.
Sustainability
What happens when the grant ends?
The point is not to run a business for its own sake. It is to cover part of the school's recurring costs — a stipend, a bag of maize, a repair — without another appeal.
A modest, well-recorded project is more useful than an ambitious one that nobody has time to supervise. If the farm, soap unit or workshop cannot show a surplus after a fair trial, the committee should stop it.
Fund this project
Fund the grain store.
The store is the piece that makes a good harvest last. The soap unit and the tailoring workshop are the next small enterprises. A patient funder can support one cycle and read the review at the end.
Keep reading
The other programmes.
Each one has its own budget and evidence trail. Fund one, or fund the sequence.
