Each time we go to the rural villages in the Tana River and Lamu Districts, we look for ways to help the people raise their standard of living, giving them hope and a “hand up,” not a “hand out.”
Since the first KickStart water pump was given in 2006, about 12 more KickStart water pumps have been purchased and given to the Women Leaders we minister to. These pumps help provide abundant water for their shambas (gardens), for the cattle, and for their own personal use for laundry, etc.
On our recent trip, we visited the garden of one of the Women Leaders, where she is growing tomatoes, watermelon, green beans, sugar cane, and rice! It was a beautiful garden, which produces enough food for her families and food to sell at market. I’ve posted pictures below.
The women pay back ½ of the cost of the machine, thus giving them ownership and providing money to purchase more KickStart water pumps to be given to others.
The KickStart pump seems like such a small thing in the scheme of life, but it makes their lives easier and produces much! We serve a God of multiplication!
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