One thousand chaka hoes*, 1,000 farmer tool kits and 50 treadle pumps for simple irrigation are just a sample of what ADRA will distribute in the project. Co-funded with the European Commission, the initiative starts on the Friday, 1 February and aims to provide three meals a day for the poor in the Senaga District of Zambia.

Pansi Katenga, ADRA-UK Programmes Officer, is in Zambia this week to help the local ADRA office launch a new poverty alleviation project.

Mrs Katenga reported, “This project will make a significant difference in the lives of many of the poorest people here. Just imagine what it is like to have only enough food for just half of the year. Most people have to survive on one meal of maize a day.”(more)