“Nkovuta kwambiri kufikira anthu amsinkhu wanga; ndife ouma khosi nthawi zonse. Zinthu zambiri zatidutsa m’nthawi yathu ino choncho sitivutika ndi ‘zatsopano’,” anatero James akuseka pang’ono. Kumwetulira kwake kwa mano ndi mawu akuya, owala, adandikumbutsa za Louis Armstrong, ndipo fedora yake idandikumbutsa woyimba nyimbo za jazi. Anapitiriza kuti, “Sitikufuna kuti 'ana' ativutitse," akugwedeza mutu wake ponena za Perez, mphunzitsi wa FARM STEW yemwe wakhala pafupi ndi ine. “Nthawi zina timaganiza kuti tikudziwa zonse, koma sitikudziwa! James adamaliza ndikundinyengerera ndikuseka kwambiri. 

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James ndi mkazi wake anali antchito ongodzipereka a FARM STEW m’mudzi wa Magada, koma ndinamva kuti sanali ongodzipereka chabe. Ulendo wawo wochititsa kuti dera lawo likhale lodzaza ndi moyo wochuluka, linasintha mmene ndinkaganizira kuti anthu angathe kudzithandiza okha komanso anthu owazungulira.

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Zinali zovuta kuzindikira malongosoledwe omvetsa chisoni a Mudzi wa Magada amene James anatilozera: zinyalala, malo opanda kanthu, ndi ana otupa mimba ndi manja owonda. Koma tsopano mungaone misewu yaukhondo, minda yodzaza ndi minda, ndi ana akuthamanga mophulika ndi mphamvu kuchokera pabwalo kupita pabwalo. Palibe ngati Magada James adafotokoza koyamba. 

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James adakumbukira kuti pamaphunziro oyamba a FARM STEW, mphunzitsi Perez adalankhula za "moyo wochuluka." James adadziwa kuti izi ndi zomwe amafunira banja lake. Pambuyo pa phunziroli, mukhoza kunena kuti James anapita pamwamba pang'ono potsatira Chinsinsi cha FARM STEW… Anamanga matepi awiri osiyana siyana, ma latine awiri ogwira ntchito, ndi dzenje la kompositi ndi zinyalala. Anasesa bwino nyumba yake yonse ndi malo ake kuti apeze zinyalala zilizonse, adapanga mabedi angapo, ndipo pamapeto pake, iye ndi mkazi wake adapereka gawo lalikulu la malo awo kuti apange minda ya FARM STEW ndi maphunziro.

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James adatenga njira ya FARM STEW ya moyo wochuluka, mwina mpaka mopambanitsa! Koma kodi zinagwira ntchito? James anati: “Ndimamva mphamvu m’thupi mwanga chifukwa cha chakudya. M’zaka zanga 60 ndikuwoneka ngati wachinyamata! Ndaphunzira kuphika masamba mopepuka kuti azisunga zomanga thupi, ndipo ndimatha kulawa kusiyana kwake. Zimenezi zasintha thanzi langa.” Ndipo kodi zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba amazitenga kuti, mungafunse? Kuchokera m'minda yake ya FARM STEW! James anatiuza kuti: “Kuyambira pa ubwana wanga, sindinalimepo chakudya chimene ndingadye” (ndikofala kwambiri mu Afirika kuti mabanja azilima chakudya n’kumachigulitsa m’misika). Mphatso zochokera kwa opereka ndalama ngati inu zinamuthandiza James kudzithandiza, nanga bwanji kusintha kwa mudzi kwawo?

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Pokumbukira kukambitsirana kwathu koyamba ponena za msinkhu wa James, iye anati: “Ndimadziŵa chisonkhezero chimene ndakhala nacho m’zaka zanga zambiri. Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinapanga nyumba yanga kukhala nyumba ya FARM STEW.” James sanakhutire kupezera banja lake moyo wochuluka—anafunikira kugawana ndi ena. James ankafunitsitsa atamuona Magada alinso ndi moyo; zinkangokhala ngati moyo wa m’mudzimo ukupitira m’dzenje. Anafunikira kugawana nawo njira ya moyo wochuluka yomwe opereka ndalama ngati inu adatumiza kudzera mwa ophunzitsa ku Magada.

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Atafunsidwa za chifukwa chimene anaperekera malowo, James anati: “Timawononga ndalama zambiri pa zimene timadya ndi kumwa. Komabe, tilibe ndalama zambiri ku Uganda. Umadzipeza kuti ukudya zakudya zopanda thanzi.” Izitu zinali zenizeni kumudzi kwawo koma James anakana kuvomeleza mmene zinthu zinalili panthawiyi. Ankafuna kuti Magada asakhale ndi chidaliro komanso azitha kudzithandiza okha. Anagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake kusangalatsa ena kuti asinthe nyumba zawo ndi machitidwe a FARM STEW. Zomwe zinayamba ngati njere ya mpiru za lingaliro zinasintha Magada, yomwe tsopano ndi gulu la FARM STEW Certified community, kutanthauza kuti 80% ya nyumba zikupitiriza kugwiritsa ntchito FARM STEW.

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Mudzi ukaganiza zokhala gulu la FARM STEW, opereka ndalama ngati inu apatsa FARM STEW mphamvu yopereka mphotho ndi kulimbikitsa maderawo kuti apitilize kusintha ndi mphatso yapaderadera. Kodi mphatso imeneyo ndi yotani, mungafunse? Tiyeni tifufuze! Dzuwa la masana linali litatentha kwambiri chifukwa cha kamphepo kayeziyezi kamadzulo komwe kankadutsa m'dera la Magada. M’kuwala kotsala kumene dzuŵa likanakwanitsa, amuna, akazi, ndi ana anali kuthamangira kunyamula mapaipi, zounikira zazikulu, ndi zitsulo zopentidwa zabuluu. James, atakongoletsedwa ndi fedora yake, anali kukumba m'nthaka kukonza njira yothirira madzi. Kodi chipwirikiti chonsechi chinali chiyani? Chitsime (chitsime) chinali kukumbidwa pakati pa Magada chifukwa anali atakhala gulu la FARM STEW!

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Madzi ankatoledwa pa mtunda wa makilomita angapo kwa amayi ambiri a ku Magada, koma tsopano ankatha kutengedwa, kukhala aukhondo, abwino komanso pafupi ndi nyumba zawo. Osanenanso kuti tsopano kunali kotetezeka bwanji kwa atsikana achichepere kutunga madzi okha.

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Ili linali tsiku lachikondwerero kwa opereka mphatso omwe adapereka mphatso kwa Magada, James, ndi ogwira ntchito odzipereka a FARM STEW omwe adagwira ntchito yobweretsa moyo wochuluka kwa aliyense yemwe amamudziwa. Madzi omwe atsala pang'ono kutuluka kuchokera pansi pa nthaka adangothandizira kupita patsogolo kwa James ndi Magada ena adagwira ntchito molimbika kuti apange.

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Asanamalize kufunsa kwathu, Jame anati, “Lachinayi lirilonse, ndimakhala ndi maphunziro a FARM STEW kunyumba kwanga. Ndikuyembekeza kuphunzira zambiri. Mauthenga ochokera kumabungwe ena safika kwa akulu. [Mabungwe] ena amapereka ngakhale 20,000 UGX ($6.00) kwa okalamba [mwezi uliwonse], koma zimenezo sizingachite kanthu! Koma FARM STEW inandiphunzitsa kuganiza. Tsopano ndili ndi chidwi, ndipo sindinong'oneza bondo ... "

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Anthu ngati inu apatsa James chidziwitso ndi zida zomwe amafunikira kuti apange moyo wochuluka wanyumba yake ndi mudzi, osati kungopereka. Kwa opereka ndalama omwe apangitsa kuti nkhani ya James itheke, zikomo!

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