helping our community during this crisis

Big thanks to Peter who is growing vegetables on our school land to help our families during this crisis. He reports that kale and thoroko (cowpea) are growing well. The cowpea will be ready in just two weeks, or if left unharvested can grow to be beans, which is nice with rice or UGALI.

Cowpea (also known as a black-eyed pea) is grown mainly for its edible beans, but what many people don’t know is that the crop can be grown as a vegetable. Its tender leaves and young pods are also edible and can be used to make delicious and nutritious vegetable dishes. They are a good source of vitamins and antioxidants, and like other greens, the leaves have a high fiber content.

We continue to support our families each month with a distribution of food such as rice, beans, maize, oil, salt and soap.