FARM STEW idakhazikitsidwa ku Uganda kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2015. Joy Kauffman, MPH, Katswiri wa Zaumoyo ndi Masters in Public Health kuchokera kwa Johns Hopkins, ndi Master Gardener wochokera ku yunivesite ya Illinois anali kutumikira ndi USAID Farmer to Farmer program ku Uganda. Ntchito ya Joy inali yogwira ntchito ndi kampani ina yaulimi yomwe mamembala ake 60,000 adaganiza zofuna thandizo la kuphunzira kukonza soya yomwe amalima.

Atafika ku Uganda, mothandizana ndi antchito ongodzipereka akumeneko, Joy anachititsa makalasi okhudza kadyedwe kake ndi kuphika, ophunzitsa soya ndi ndiwo zamasamba, pogwiritsa ntchito Baibulo monga lemba lathu lalikulu. Mkati mwa maphunziro a masiku awiri, tidaphunzitsa zonse ziwiri zofunika pazakudya zonse, zakudya zochokera ku mbewu (zomwe ndi zofunika kwambiri chifukwa ambiri omwe amatenga nawo mbali amakhala osadya masamba chifukwa cha kufunikira kwachuma), chakudya cha ana, komanso kufunika koviika mbewu ndi nyemba. kuonjezera bioavailability wa zakudya. Tidachititsanso kalasi yophika pamanja: kupanga mkaka wa soya, kugwiritsa ntchito "okara" yotsalira, yokhala ndi mapuloteni monga ufa wothira phala (busera ndi posho), kudya soya wobiriwira (edamame), ndi mphika wa utawaleza wokhala ndi masamba. nyemba zonse za soya.

Kuyankha kwa anthu ammudzi kunali kwabwino kwambiri.

Anthu ongodzipereka a ku Uganda anasangalala kwambiri ndi mfundo yakuti, kupatulapo mfundo zothandiza ndiponso zothandiza, sitinkabweretsa chilichonse kuchokera kunja kwa mudziwo. M'kupita kwa nthawi, zinali zosangalatsa kuona kuyanjana ndi kuwongolera mwaluso komwe kunachitika mwachibadwa pamene atsogoleriwa ankachititsa makalasi m'chinenero chawo. Anakopa chidwi ndi mitima ya otenga nawo mbali m'kalasi.

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Apa m’pamene Joy anazindikira kuti maphunziro ameneŵa akanapulumutsa miyoyo ya ana osaŵerengeka komabe anafunikira kubwerera kwawo kwa ana ake aakazi. Analimbana ndi chenicheni chakuti mu Afirika ana 5 osakwanitsa zaka zisanu amamwalira mphindi iliyonse! Iye anafunsa Mulungu choti achite ndipo m’pemphero, anamva mawu abata, aang’ono akuti, “awalembe ntchito.”

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Joy momwe angachitire koma adayamba kupanga zotheka osauza aliyense zomwe akumva kuti ndi wolakwa.

Limodzi ndi anthu a m’derali, anayamba kupanga zipangizo zophunzitsira zapamwamba kwambiri, zosavuta kuzipereka monga mphatso kumadera amene tinkaphunzira nawo. Mwanjira iyi, kuyambira pachiyambi tidzakhala tikuphunzitsa ophunzitsa ndikuchulukitsa ntchito. Edward Kaweesa, yemwe ndi mwini sitolo ya makompyuta m’deralo, ndi amene anathandizapo. Anasintha malingaliro a Joy kukhala zithunzi zomwe zimalankhula momveka bwino, kufotokozera zokhudzana ndi thanzi labwino ndi zakudya, mwachikhalidwe choyenera. (Edward tsopano akutumikira ngati Mtsogoleri wa Dziko la FARM STEW Uganda.)

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Lingaliro la gululi lidayamba kukhazikika ndikukhazikika pomwe Joy amalalikira ku tchalitchi pa sabata lathali ndipo adakumana ndi mayi wina wapamaloko Betty Mwesigwa yemwe anali ndi chidziwitso chambiri pakukonza soya yemwe adaphunzira ali ku koleji kusukulu yake ya Nutrition, Catering and Diploma ya Hotel Management ku Bugema University. Madzulo a tsiku lomwelo mtsikana wina, Phionah Bogere, anafika kwa Joy m’kalasi yophika n’kunena kuti, “Ndikufuna kukhala m’gulu lanu. ” Apa n’kuti Joy asanauze aliyense kuti mzimu woyera unali utaika kale pamtima pake kuti pali gulu. iyenera kupangidwa kuti ipitilize ntchitoyo.

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Kwa miyezi khumi yoyambilira, Joy adadzipezera yekha ndalama za FARM STEW potumiza malipiro ake kuti alembe ntchito ku timu ya alangizi asanu aku Uganda. Amayang'anira thandizo la USDA ku dipatimenti yake yazaumoyo yomwe idamuloleza kuti azigwira ntchito ndi alimi ang'onoang'ono kupititsa patsogolo mbewu zawo m'misika ya alimi komanso chakudya chochokera ku mbewu kumidzi yaku Illinois. Zolinga zofananazi zinapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuphatikiza ntchitoyi ndi FARM STEW.

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Mu Marichi 2016 FARM STEW adafufuza zomwe zingatheke ku Zimbabwe komwe adakumana ndi Dr. Arlene Vigilia yemwe adakhala membala woyambitsa bungwe miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake FARM STEW International idakula kukhala bungwe lodziyimira pawokha, lopanda phindu 501(c)3, bungwe lothandizira . Zachisoni Dr. Vigilia anamwalira mu May 2017 ndipo adzaphonya mpaka kalekale. Chilakolako chake pa Yesu ndi njira yake yofikira anthu potumikira zosoŵa zawo chimalimbikitsabe onse okhudzidwa lerolino.

Mu Marichi 2017 adayambitsa gulu lachiwiri la ophunzitsa ku Jinja, Uganda , gwero la Mtsinje wa Nile. Mu Marichi 2018, FARM STEW idakhazikitsidwa ku Zimbabwe komanso kumisasa ya anthu othawa kwawo ku Northern Uganda. Posachedwapa mu Disembala 2018, tidakhazikitsa gulu ku South Sudan komwe .

FARM STEW Uganda, Zimbabwe, ndi South Sudan onse ndi mabungwe ovomerezeka m'mayiko awo. Tadalitsidwa ndi gulu losiyanasiyana ndi antchito ang'onoang'ono omwe amadzipereka kwambiri pantchitoyi.

Mulungu kukhale ulemerero monga ife kufunafuna nzeru ndi kuzindikira kwa Iye tsogolo la munda Mphodza!