Gatagani SONshine Farm

Gatagani was a very dry barren area when we first visited in 2006.  With little rains famine was a huge problem. We visited the school, and witnessed the poverty among the community. To our amazement the River Tana ran alongside this area and yet the people had no water to drink and no food to eat. An opportunity arose for us acquire some land and in December we set up a two acre training farm.  Our Farm manager, Jerusha, created an area called Green Acres, and the food harvested from this area helps the elderly and most needy in the community.  The food grown on the farm has been amazing especially the bananas and the tomatoes, but it’s not without it’s challenges; drought, locusts and flooding. and even the hippos have also caused devastation.  We purchased a small petrol water pump and built a pump house beside the Tana river and this has allowed us to pump water from the Tana onto the farm.   It’s our hope and prayer that we will be able to develop the farm, and provide food for the whole community.

With the many natural disaster, one after the other in the past few years, we are now concentrating on raising more livestock.  We have increased our goats, this helps supplement the sponsorship program, we added several cows, chickens and we are just about to embark and set up an Apiary.  15 Bee Hives have just been delivered to the farm.

We are now considered a Training Farm in the area, and farmers are free to visit for more information and training on crop management and livestock, particularly on the Galla Goat breed.  We are open Monday to Friday.