KMI has purchased chickens and then distributed them through the local church. The pastors guide their women’s group, mission team, or whatever they call their church “help others who are down and out” team to select the recipients, the focus always being the widows, orphans, and poorest of their own poor. Mother hens hatch their eggs, and the chicks, once raised to maturity, are given to other families to keep some and raise some for other families.
The chicken project is fairly inexpensive, but not without its challenges. Maize must be purchased for feed, and water must be kept close at all times. Cobras and pythons pose problems for the chickens, and there is always some loss due to these and other animals who prey on the chickens and chicks, or eat the eggs.
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