Sunday, October 11, 2009

Pamela Akinyi Nyagilo-Satellite Farms for Schools

Pamela Akinyi Nyagilo was a prize winner for the Pan African Prize for Entrepreneurial Teachers 2007,an initiative of teach a man to fish she:

...has been teaching her Kenyan students to cultivate indigenous vegetables since 2003. The sustainability of the project lies in the harvesting of seeds from the school farm and sowing them into their home farms; this method has radically reduced malnutrition in the area.
The students at Ojere Primary School are also learning to breed their family’s hens with purebred cocks, to produce high value products that are sold to local hotels for a profit, which in turn buys educational materials.
Entries for the 2009 awards are now being accepted here

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