{"id":16870,"date":"2025-01-15T17:21:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/?p=16870"},"modified":"2025-02-24T18:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T18:54:09","slug":"happy-new-year-and-great-start-to-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2025\/happy-new-year-and-great-start-to-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GREAT START TO 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First of all, I would like to wish all our donors, fundraisers and volunteers a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. Secondly, I would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who supported our Christmas Appeal and the many other projects that we implemented in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vulnerable children and rural communities received bags of ground maize and the food security projects initiated for women, and for youths will disabilities has helped to alleviate hunger. The good news is that the drought has broken bringing much needed rain to fill streams, rivers and boreholes, and to provide irrigation for crops and vegetables gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HEALTHY CROP OF TOMATOES – SENKOBO FOOD SECURITY PROJECT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We receive many messages of gratitude, but this one reduced me to tears! ‘The food we are receiving is keeping the village alive. The little each one gets is shared with neighbours, and as a result there is no death or sickness and it gives us hope that at least someone cares<\/em>.’ Sadly, hunger is still widespread with the Ministry of Health informing me that there is now malnutrition being recorded in adults as well as many children. Until the crops are harvested providing further support is paramount…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOOD DISTRIBUTION – NYAWA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the Overseas Aid and Development Commission<\/a><\/strong> of Guernsey we can make further progress with the four women’s water and food security projects in Zalu, Kanchele, Zwanga and Sekute Central. Each group was freely allocated land, boreholes were installed with solar-powered water reticulation systems, and bags of seeds and fertilizer were included in the grant. The next phase is to build storerooms and purchase grinding mills for the crops with the aim of having sustainable income-generating enterprises for hundreds of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WATER AND FOOD SECURITY PROJECT – ZWANGA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our Christmas appeal also received donations for mosquito nets. The rainy season is when malaria is most prevalent, and children need protection from malaria. According to the World Health Organisation<\/strong><\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n