Farm Manager Walks Farm

Maxwell Tauro, Agriculture Manager of the Zimbabwe Farm Project gives a tour to program board members. Accompanied by Richard Gwichiri, Operations Manager and Talkmore Maunga, Groundskeeper. They are solely responsible for all farming activities from ploughing to planting, hiring day laborers for planting and harvesting, sales and disbursement of funds to cover wages and other expenditures. Through this partnership they have realized self-sufficiency, helped others in the community by providing jobs, and helped to mitigate some of the food insecurity issues through the harvest. Through this partnership they have realized self-sufficiency, helped others in the community by providing jobs, and continue to be an integral component of our efforts to mitigate some of the food insecurity issues in the community. The Zimbabwe Farm Project is a non-profit charity that implemented an aid model which foster independence, responsibility, and self-reliance. Though partially funded from the proceeds of my IT consultancy, they have become more independent as funds have been generated from the sale of produce.