"Surely working together we are powerful enough to save our planet" (David Attenborough).............."No more Blah Blah Blah" (Greta Thunberg).

Hundreds of thousands are on the move in Eastern Africa. The familiar seasonal patterns have become less and less predictable. Four years of failed rains and failed harvests have decimated their farms. Where cattle grazed now there are only carcasses, the communities have headed for towns and camps for food aid. Many have migrated across borders into neighbouring Kenya - which is affected by the same drought.

Concerned about 3rd.World food security? Climate change? Carbon sequestration? Growing populations have been fed by claiming more and more land from long-established forests and wild habitats. There is another way! If we could only lift the crop yields achieved by 3rd. world smallholders towards the global average we could meet all the world's need for nutrition without felling any more forests.

Here's an opportunity to pitch in at grass roots level. Our project supports a local farming family in Kenya as they trial new crops and new methods in the face of volatile weather. We welcome modest financial contributions of course, but we are just as open to advice, ideas, and practical help.

Time for action!

Benjamin 'Benmak' Wandera, the man in the photo, farms a 6-acre smallholding in the foothills of Kenya's fertile Western Highlands. Typical crops have been maize and beans. Benmak is also the leader of CLIMATE ACTION. Not a charity, not a government organisation or NGO. No salaries, no admin overheads, no 'syphoning'. Just a local network of farmers supported by an informal group of advisers, all with a common aim.

Benmak has leased enough land for a long-term trial of deeper rooted nut and fruit trees, interplanted with vegetables. The 'heavy lifting' is done - a 115m borehole has been drilled, pump & storage tanks installed. An orchard of fruit & nut saplings has been planted. with the help of local schoolchildren. Trials of different vegetables are underway. Benmak's WhatsApp group shares lessons learned with the local farming community.

You can help accelerate and diversify these trials. Chip in if you're interested and think this project is worthwhile. For the price of a take-away meal you can help these farmers secure a lifetime of sustainable food security. Now our project is progressing the building of a small, simple farmhouse, plus a basic tractor, plough and trailer available to the wider community.

Where we have the name of a sponsor that can be tagged on one of the orchard trees. Here's our list:- https://www.1planet1destiny.com/welcome/climate-action/climate-action-community-orchard/ Just donate anonymously if you'd rather not!

If you want to follow Benmak's blog on his WhatsApp group or to contribute in other ways too, get in touch. petersbed@aol.com

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