A snapshot of a Kisoro village showing the home (in the middle of the pic) where Richard Manirinde, one of our children, stays with his mother and siblings. It shows the sprawling gardens typical of most villages in Kisoro. The gardens presently contain maize and Irish potatoes. The potatoes are due for harvest but the maize will be harvested in January 2015. Near Richards home is the garden that his mother cultivates. This typifies how strongly the communities rely on agriculture for their livelihood. In the far background are the Virunga ranges which house Mgahinga forest National park. The park is home to the world-famous mountain gorillas. Tourists come from all over the world to see the gorillas.The ranges stretch into Rwanda and D.R Congo on the other side of the mountains.

A NEW GAME TO PLAY!

Gato Jackyline together with friends try out a new and exciting game with her frisbee. Evarist poses with his too. Much thanks to our sponsors who are helping to enrich these young, innocent souls with precious memories of joy instead of dread and misery.

The father of Bridget Mukashema stands beside the garden he cultivated with FALCCO support under the economic empowerment programme. The family is harvesting irish potatoes now from the garden and there is still some maize to be harvested in January. He has told us that it has been a great boost for him because he has a large family and feeding them sometimes is a challenge. he is now grateful for the support because he can feed his family in this season and is selling some of the crops to get money for their welfare, and offcourse he has kept some seed for the next planting season.

It is common here for families that don't have land to hire someone else's land for two or more seasons and cultivate in it. FALCCO seeks to ensure that each family has food security in addition to growing for commercial purposes. We will do this by supporting families to hire land for cultivation beginning with those who don't have at all.

Economic empowerment

Evarist poses with the goat donated to them by FALCCO, but this time its not alone.....it has a kid! We hope to continue this goat rotation until every family has a goat for a start. We have asked the parents to let the goats multiply so that they may offer economic security by enabling them to supplement with other income generating projects without getting a loan or external assistance.

Samuel (3rd right) and Elizabeth (5th right)

Elizabeth Niyobyose (2nd left) enjoys herself during P.E class. She is learning to adapt to new peaple and is making friends very fast. This is boosting her social and psychological development.

FUN AT SCHOOL

Samuel Ihorihoze taps the head of a friend as part of the game they are playing during their physical education time after lunch. He is one of the children who make that class really lively. He is developing really well cognitively thanks to our partners who have made it possible for these children to stay in school...and enjoy it!