This Newsletter provides a brief description of how the Haley McCready Outreach and Development Fund is involving the Hope Africa University’s Agriculture Program Graduates in our agriculture development projects. By involving Agriculture Program Graduates, we expect they will provide training for our beneficiaries and, thereby, increase agriculture productivity. We are involving Agriculture Program Graduates as Project Managers, Connected Project Advisors and Project Team Members.
Project Managers
Including the Canadian Haley-McCready Outreach and Development Fund agriculture development projects, we now have 13 Project Managers who are Agriculture Program Graduates.
- Alfred BIKORIMANA, MWARO, KAYOKWE; Cultivating White Potatoes and Cabbage and Breeding Pigs for Vulnerable Women from Gitunga Hill, Muyebe Zone, Kayokwe Commune, Mwaro Province (2023)
- Christian NIYIBIKUNZE and Nelly SIBOMANA, ISALE, BUJUMBURA; Supporting Vulnerable Women from Bujumbura Province, Isale Commune, Nyakibande Hill by Cultivating Corn and Beans and Breeding Goats (2023)
- Mathieu NIYONKURU, CIBITOKE, RUGOMBO; Cultivating Maize and Soya and Breeding Pigs for Vulnerable Women from Rugombo, Munyika II, Cibitoke Province (2023)
- Alice NIHORIMBERE and Divine ICOYITUNGIYE, BUJUMBURA, NYABIRABA; Cultivating White Potatoes, Maize and Red Onions and Breeding Goats for 10 Vulnerable Women from Mukonko Hill, Matara Zone, NYABIRABA Commune in BUJUMBURA Province (2024)
- Celestin MUTON, CIBITOKE, MURWI, Cultivating Crops and Breeding Pigs for Vulnerable Women from Mushanga Colline in Murwi Commune, Cibitoke Province (2024)
- Divine NIRAGIRA and Sylvie NDAYIRUKIYE, CANKUZO, KIGAMBA; Supporting Single Mothers of SASWE Colline, KIGAMBA Commune in CANKUZO Province through Cultivating Potatoes and Breeding Goats (2024)
- Emmanuel IRANDIHA and Adolphe NIYUBUNTU, CIBITOKE, BUGANDA; Cultivating Beans and Corn and Raising Goats for Vulnerable Women in Kaburantwa Colline, Buganda Commune in Cibitoke Province (2024)
- Sadi BIGIRIMANA, CIBITOKE, BUGANDA; Growing Maize and Beans and Raising Goats for Vulnerable Women in the Bumbiri II and Kaburantwa Sectors, Gasenyi Zone, Buganda Commune, Cibitoke Province (2024)
- Therence NDAYISHIMIYE and Prosper NIYONGERE, GITEGA, BUKIRASAZI; Supporting the Socio-Economic Development of Unemployed Secondary School Graduates, Orphan Girls by Cultivating Crops and Breeding Goats at KIBUYE Colline in Bukirasazi Commune, Gitega Province (2024)
Connected Project Advisors
In addition, we have 13 Agriculture Program Graduates who are Connected Project Advisors to one or more of the Haley McCready Outreach and Development Fund’s agriculture development projects.
- Fredieve NIYONYISHU, BUGANZA, MPANDA, MUZINDA-MUSENYI
- Jean Luc, NKURUNZIZA, BUJUMBURA, MUTIMBUZI
- Divine ICOYITUNGIYE, BUJUMBURA, NYABIRABA, MATARA
- Alice NIHORIMBERE, BUJUMBURA, NYABIRABA, MATARA
- Emmanuel IRANDIHA, CIBITOKE, BUGANDA, NDAVA
- Sadi BIGIRIMANA, CIBITOKE, BUGANDA, NDAVA
- Denise NIBIZI, GITEGA, BUKIRASAZI
- Eduige NISHIMWE, GITEGA, BUKIRASAZI
- Therence NDAYISHIMIYE, GITEGA, BUKIRASAZI
- Albertine NDAYIZEYE, GITEGA, NYARUSANGE
- Christine NININAHAZWE, KAYANZA, KABAORE
- Anne BUTOYI, RUTANA, RUTANA
- Audreille IRAKOZE, RUTANA, RUTANA
Project Team Members
The Haley McCready Outreach and Development Fund has had Project Managers’ Meetings for many years. Since Hope Africa University started an Agriculture Program and began producing Agriculture Program Graduates, we have been trying to involve the Graduates in our agriculture development work. We now have involved 21 Agriculture Program Graduates and our meetings are now called Project Managers and Agriculture Program Graduates’ Meetings. .
Among our 13 Connected Project Advisors who are Agriculture Program Graduates are Fredieve NIYONYISHU, Christine NININAHAZWE, Jean Luc, NKURUNZIZA and Denise NIBIZI.
The Agriculture Program Graduates still need more practical training in order to be able to help community farmers put aside the less productive traditional methods of crop cultivation and be able to learn and use more productive crop cultivation methods. We know that there are two very similar, Biblically-based agriculture development programs that can produce much greater productivity than the widely used traditional methods. The programs are called Farming God’s Way and Foundations for Farming; it has been reported that these programs can increase production by 6 to 10 times. Thanks to Patrice Vibbert in Michigan, we know of valuable practical guides for the Farming God’s Way program.
Fortunately for Burundi, the Field Guide is available in Kirundi and Trainer’s Reference Guide is available in French. At our recent Project Managers and Agriculture Program Graduates’ Meeting, we distributed Kirundi copies of the Field Guide for Farming God’s Way.
Thanks to Lauren (Chudnovsky) Anderson in Michigan, some us know about Foundations for Farming that is active in Bujumbura Rural Province. Recently, Hope Africa University Rector Servilien NITUNGA, Vice-Rector Edouard NIYONGABO, Research Director Bosco BASHANGWA MPOZI and Agriculture Program Head Cyprien NTUNZWENIMANA and Haley McCready Outreach and Development Fund Founder and Program Director John McCready and Program Coordinator Dieudonne IRAMBONA visited the Foundations for Farming Training Centre, Corn Fields and Composting Site.
We are currently having discussions with Foundations for Farming about collaborating in our enhancements to the Agriculture Program Internship and providing the Foundations for Farming practical, more productive training for Agriculture Program Students and Agriculture Program Graduates.
Please consider investing in collaborative agriculture development and helping us do even more and do even better by making a donation, http://haleymccreadyfund.com/u-s-donations/.