Many farmers own small holdings of between a half and two acres but they were not producing enough food, even for subsistence due to poor land management and lack of agricultural knowledge.
In desperation the men would have to go to larger urban centres in order to make a living, leaving the women and children to run the farm. The HIV/AIDS infection rate can be as high as 25% of the adult population and some men returned to the farm having contracted HIV and subsequently infect their wives and leading to many AIDS orphans.
The combined result was poverty, malnourishment, starvation and high mortality rates in one of the most fertile regions of Kenya.
A possible solution
To establish a project founded on Kingdom principles that could be replicated easily in other areas in Kenya and further afield. Ensuring the land could produce enough food to feed families and have enough leftover to sell so that the local farmer would not have to leave for the city. The result would be a sustainable increase in the economic wealth, social stability, and long-term health of the region.
In 2005 the first field school was born.