Mr. Ojwang Gaster Willy Obboo, the sub-county Chief and Chairman, told us that the project is visibly transforming the community. The local government’s endorsement has increased the community’s confidence, and the project is viewed as a good model to replicate in the wider community. This was PFP’s very first project. As well as the direct benefits for the women, their 300+ dependents, and the wider local community, the project has given PFP invaluable learnings and insights to take into other projects in all aspects of the project life-cycle: from fund-raising to concept design, project planning, resourcing, management, delivery, partnerships, monitoring and governance.
The results were 4-to 6-fold increases in yields; increased income and economic viability as evidenced by the surge in the women’s savings-scheme; surplus income or necessities; and the ability to use their crop as collateral to borrowfrom their savings scheme for new business or necessities like school fees or medicine.