Project Report from RATIDZO, Zimbabwe

August 18, 2023Tags: , , , , , ,
Kitchen Tables Charity Trust Progress Report 2023 We have just returned from our latest Zimbabwe trip, which we went out end of January and returned end of June. Our work continues while we are in the UK through our two charity workers based at our centre in Sanyati. We thank you again for the recent funding of £6000 and we are delighted to feedback to you some of the progress at our centre with our new projects. Please read the following report: KTCT-Update-2023-1Download

Thanks from Malawi Farmers Aid

May 31, 2023Tags: , , ,
Please see below, four photographs of our 2022 farming project in Malawi. They show a field of maize at various stages of growth, and the harvested crop in a grain store. This project was at the villages of Yalero and Malemba. It was a difficult start to our programme because the cost of the farm inputs of seed, fertiliser, and herbicide had risen considerably. This is in line with the worldwide increase in farmers' costs due to the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This meant we had to carefully manage our budget, and cut back on some aspects…

Borehold project update – Zambia

August 12, 2022Tags: , , , , ,
Drilling of solar-powered borehole to promote Small scale irrigated vegetable growing, processing, and improved rearing of village chickens for food security and increased incomes at the household level. The project activities have been and are still being implemented as planned though with some highlighted challenges. The mixed membership groups are working to sustain the continuity of the project and ensure that the chicken project succeeds. The women’s project is trying to catch up with the lost time in terms of water availability and is currently busy preparing the land, establishing a vegetable nursery, and directly planting some of the vegetables…

Poultry farming for egg production; Progress Report. Uganda.

June 23, 2022Tags: , , , ,
Greetings from AFEDIPODIC – Uganda. I have the privilege to express my sincere gratitude to Kitchen Table Charities Trust (KTCT) and Supporters for a grant of £2,000 that was extended to us to start a project of poultry farming for egg production, to uplift the livelihoods of persons with hearing disabilities, particularly women and girls in Kyegegwa Town Council, Kyegegwa District in Western Uganda. In this report, I would like to share with you some of the progress we have made here at AFEDIPODIC Uganda over the last month with KTCT grant. It’s indeed amazing how a little support can…

Thanks from Malawi Farmers Aid

February 10, 2022Tags: , , ,
Thank you, KTCT, for your generous grant which will enable us to fulfill our farming projects in rural Malawi during 2022 and 2023. This support means we can provide training and farm materials to groups of unemployed youngpeople in the poorest rural areas of Malawi, enabling them to start their own small farms. Fivevillages will benefit from our projects in the next two years, providing food, sustainableemployment, and valuable income to some of the poorest communities in Malawi. Overseas aid rarely reaches these more remote communities, so it is left to NGOs such as Malawi Farmers Aid to intervene. And…

Thanks from Imarisha Vijana Youth Group (Kenya) – Access to Safe Drinking Water

November 29, 2021Tags: , ,
On behalf of IMARISHA VIJANA YOUTH GROUP, we would like to thank the Chairman, KTCT grants committee Mr. Brian Donaldson, Mr. John Humphrys the founder of KTCT and other KTCT funding partners for the grant awarded to our group worth £5,000 in aid of drilling of boreholes, and the installation of pumps and storage tanks in the Vulnerable farming communities of Siritanyi, Zero-zero, and Sinoko in Kenya. We shall ensure that this grant impacts vulnerable farmers to access adequate and safe drinking water while conducting their farming activities. This will positively impact the vulnerable farmers economically; reduce time spent while…

Malawi Farmers Aid’s project in rural Malawi

July 20, 2020Tags: , , , , , ,
Aim The aim of the project was to provide groups of unemployed youths in two remote rural villages in Malawi with the necessary training, guidance, and farm input materials to set up small-scale farms in their community. The farms are intended to be the basis for long-term sustainable and expandable food production and employment in one of the poorest countries in Africa. We work with our partner organisation in Malawi, Tivavwire Youth Organisation. We secure funding for our projects from UK charities, and TYO manages the projects in Malawi. The Project Kitchen Table Charitable Trust provided us with a grant…

Chance to Grow

February 8, 2016Tags: , , , ,
I just wanted to send over a brief update on how the KTCT's generous donation has been used to date. We are really excited by the impact that we expect the project to have on the sustainability of our work. I will send a further update in 3 months time once the project has started to generate income t support our work: Chance to Grow empowers disadvantaged young people in Kitale, Kenya to improve their own lives and create positive change for future generations. To achieve this we: Unlock existing potential – Build local solutions – Create global connections We…

Education4life Academy by Farm4life

September 1, 2015Tags: , , , ,
Construction is underway for the school many thanks here is a short thank you for the web site as requested and will be updating KTCT at the end of the year. Farm4life wishes to thank KTCT for their generous donation of £6000, which has enabled us to complete the construction of four new classrooms for our Education4life Academy. Krokoshwe is one of the poorest rural farming communities in Ghana. We can now make a difference to the 58 girls and 48 boys currently on the register at the Education4life Academy in Krokoshwe. Farm4life will now be able to provide these…