Income-generating
Income-generating projects
Our aim is to support local initiatives which promote the development of sustainable income-generating projects
for the residents of Chitungulu. We strive to reach our goals in the following ways:
for the residents of Chitungulu. We strive to reach our goals in the following ways:
Organic vegetable gardening
Aim: to establish a stable source of income for producers of organic vegetables in Chitungulu, and to promote a more balanced, healthy diet by offering a wider choice of organically grown vegetables
Results
- Increased enthusiasm for organic vegetable gardening in Chitungulu
- Raised awareness of the advantages of organic gardening and application of organic gardening techniques such as compost-making, companion planting, crop rotation, mulch, planting of trees as shade providers and/or to enhance soil fertility, application of natural, chemical-free pesticides
- Raised awareness of the need for climate change adaptation
- Raised awareness of the health benefits of a varied, balanced diet intake
- Introduction of 'new' vegetables such as sweet peppers, swiss chard, beets, carrots, pole beans
- Introduction of 'new' herbs such as coriander, thyme, rosemary, mint, basil
- Setting up of seed banks by organic gardeners to enhance their self-reliance
- Increased cooperation among the vegetable gardeners in Chitungulu
- Provision of open-pollinated seeds (subsidized sale), garden utensils, treadle pumps, boreholes and (portable) solar pumps, protection of gardens against elephants by Beehive Fences
- Setting up of pulses garden run by women (2022)
- Four boreholes for organic vegetable gardens (2022)
- Introduction of vermi-composting (2022)
- One borehole and two portable solar pumps (2023)
- Introduction of hibiscus, curry leaf, pomegranate (2023)
- Step up the number of organic vegetable gardeners
- Increase the number of drought-tolerant pulses gardens run by women in order to enhance food security and women empowerment
- Fruit cultivation: introduction of new varieties and extension of the cultivation of existing fruit varieties
- Extension of vermi-composting
- Workshops climate change adaptation, healthy soil management, nutrition and food security
Poultry project
Aim: to provide a stable income for chicken farmers, and to promote the consumption of chicken meat and chicken eggs in order to combat malnutrition, especially in under-five children
Results
Results
- Building of predator-proof and hygienic chicken shelters for layer hens (since 2013)
- Assistance to builders of six predator-proof and hygienic chicken shelters for village chickens for meat production
- Increased consumption of chicken eggs, especially by young children
- Training in entrepreneurial skills
- Subsidized sale of 200 chicks of disease-resistant breed
- Sale of vaccines against Newcastle and other poultry diseases
Cultivation of hot chili peppers
Aim: to create a stable source of income for producers of hot chili peppers in Chitungulu
(In this project we work together with Luambe Camps)
Results
(In this project we work together with Luambe Camps)
Results
- A new, popular, and eco-friendly cash crop for the residents of Chitungulu (since 2017)
- Distribution of chili seeds and appointing assistants for the promotion of hot chili cultivation (2023)
- Step up hot chili pepper cultivation in and around Chitungulu
Crafts (outlet for locally produced souvenirs)
Aim: to provide an income for producers of crafts in Chitungulu by offering them an outlet targeting tourists travelling in the area and/or visitors of Luambe Camp
Results
Results
- Opening of Crafts Shop along a tourist route (2017)
- The shop provided an income to ten families in 2019
- Renovation of the Crafts Shop (2023)
- Introduction of sales of fritters (2023)
Beekeeping Project
Aim: 1) to provide an additional source of income for various households, 2) to protect vegetable gardens against raiding elephants by means of Beehive Fences
Results
- Roll-out of project in 2018
- Provision of beekeeper suits and hive tools to various beekeeper groups (2019)
- Subsidized sale of beehives to over 25 families in the Chocha and Nthumbe areas:
40 beehives in 2018
30 beehives in 2019
20 beehives in 2022 - Construction of beehive fences in three organic vegetable gardens (2018, 2019, 2022)
- Construction of Honey House (2023)
- Purchase of beekeeping equipment (2023)
- Training by beekeepers from Zambia and the Netherlands (2024)
- Assistance with marketing of honey (2024-)