Most of my posts are centered around my daily life, thoughts, feelings etc. So today I decided to share with you a bit about what my husband, William, is doing with Empowering Lives.
William's background is in agricultural education. When I met him he was working as a demonstrator/trainer in the ELI farm. His job centered around teaching others techniques for improving their crops. He worked with small-scale farmers, taught in the practical program of ELI's agricultural program and took visitors on tours of the center.
Earlier this year William moved from the Training Center department to the Tumaini na Afya department. (That means Hope and Health.) He now works with patients in the Home Based Care (HBC) program. The above picture is him tending to the HBC garden. It was taken by our friend Adele.
William spends part of his time caring for the garden which produces food for our patients. The rest of his time is actually working with the patients themselves. He is currently going from home to home giving teachings about nutrition and agriculture. He assists the patients in planning a garden that will suit their needs and work with their current resources and capabilities. Then he brings them seeds and works with them to get the garden going. He also has plans for beehives, and chickens in the works.
This morning I joined him on a few home visits. One patient told me that she was so excited about her new garden that she was going to wake up early tomorrow to start turning the soil.
Thank you William for your hard work and dedication!
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