Gop

Went to Kinangop last week to visit the farm, this is the Turning Point Farm where mamas from the slum have moved to learn to farm and eventually become independent. Initially the mums were farming the land together but now they each have their own portion of land to farm. This is working really well, and some mums in particular are doing really well. One lady managed to make enough money off her land to visit her home in Western Kenya. That’s a long way therefore not a cheap bus fare.

So the next stage is for these mums to move into some new houses so that a fresh batch of mamas can move up to the gop sometime next year. So our mission this week was to choose which bit of the vast empire to build the new houses on. For those who have been to the farm we chose the corner near the road where the cows currently hang out.

It was awesome to see the farm over a year since the mamas moved up, they all look very at home on farm, like they know what they are doing and the fields are covered in lush looking plants. We sampled some carrots straight from the ground, tasted lovely.

There are three little kids at the farm who aren’t old enough for school yet: Junior, Joyci and Mombi. When I was here last year I spent most of my time at the farm being wrestled to the ground by these three while Pastor and Jon sorted out important stuff. This year their crew has increased by one wee nipper by the name of Sprilla. She is so jokes, she was too tiny last year to run about with the others but now she trundles round the farm with the rest of them, squeezing through gaps in the fences.