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Success Story
Agriculture’s contribution to better living conditions
“ ADRA helped me rediscover the joy of living.” declared Mrs. JINGA KABATA, Beneficiary of the BUREKA project.
Mrs. JINGA KABATA from mechanically and without The BUREKA project has accompanied us in many aspects
the Kanzala health zone in technique as a woman and of our lives, but it is agriculture that has changed my life.
the TSHIBEMBA health area mother of children; I had
is 35 years old. Mother of: difficulty finding food, too My current source of pride is that my fields have already
LWESE JINGA son, 18 years much fatigue, and some- advanced to more technical and improved standards. This
old; MUTOMBO JINGA his times a long period of work allows me to pay for the breeding; after the sale, we were
14-year-old daughter; Ma- without having something. I able to harvest a lot of corn and cowpea, and we had a
rie JINGA her 12-year-old was about to give up because sum of 178,000 FC, which allowed us to buy two pigs for
daughter; David JINGA his of the poor harvest. Due to a 100,000 FC, which are now in life, and the sow gave birth
9-year-old son; MADO JINGA lack of strength and tillage to five piglets.
her daughter and TSHANDA tools, I relied on bush fire to My gratitude goes especially to ADRA and USAID for the
JINGA her 6-year-old son, is open the field. assistance we received; yesterday when we were without
a beneficiary of the BURE- A surface area of more than support and strength. We no longer knew how to survive,
KA Project in the Agriculture one hectare did not yield but ADRA and USAID helped us rediscover the joy of liv-
sector because she returned nearly 100 kg of maize, and ing. Thank you so much. God bless you.
from ANGOLA to KANZALA/ any other explanation seems
TSHIBEMBA in the village of illogical to me. I worked too
MUYEJI. much without better har-
vesting, and pests sometimes
My children and I were mis- destroyed all the plants that
erable because we were in were surrounded by a lot of
Angola during the war. With bushes. We ate with difficul-
the exodus of refugees fol- ty, and even finding the seed
lowing this calamity, we re- to plant in our land was dif-
turned to our village with ficult.
nothing.
The community’s main We were identified and re-
source of income is artisanal ceived food when ADRA and
diamond mining. USAID arrived, and a few
months later, we received
We were cast out due to our seeds, agricultural tools, and
inability to adapt; mining is training on good agricultur-
reserved for men, but it can al practices through the field
be less profitable same times, staff channel. All of this has
as it’s possible to spend an enabled us to improve our
entire month without hav- production.
ing anything. Mrs. JINGA KABATA takes care of her pigs.
I chose to work in the field
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