Agricultural Training Program
We believe in the principle of empowerment. Do not want to promote such activities that foster dependency upon foreign money and foreign expertise.
We believe the agriculture is the key to empowering the local people of Zambia. It takes what Zambia has plenty of: time and land. Teaching men and women some basic farming skills and training them to use drip-irrigation is something that will empower the people with the ability to take control of their own future well-being and attain food security for themselves and their families.
Empowerment sets men free to take control of their own destiny.
Dependency cripples and dehumanizes people. It destroys hope and self-respect.
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Student Training in Agriculture
Students are given a house and a garden plot (large enough for 10 raised beds). They are, then, taught how to grow vegetables year-round using our agriculture methods and drip-irrigation. Students will attain total food security for the rest of their lives and will be able to return home to teach this preinciples and practices to their freinds and neighbors.
The two pictures (right) are examples of the student gardens (using drip-irrigation). The top pictures shows the first-year student gardens and the second shows the gardens of the second-year students.
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Poultry
Students are also given an area to build their own Chicken Run. We teach our students how to raise enough chickens enough to feed their families and to sell some for cash income. Students are also required to work in our Daybreak Chicken Farm which teaches them how to raise chickens on a larger scale.
The bottom picture (left) is that of the second-year students Chicken House. Total capacity is 2500 chickens. This is only one of four chicken houses and plans are now set to build an additional one or two chicken houses in 2019.
Agriculture Workshops
Daybreak has conducted Agricultural Workshops both on and off campus for local farmers who are interested in learning ways to grow food year round (using drip-irrigation) and increasing their yields. These workshops are about increasing Food Security.
Campus Agriculture Workshop - Graduation (those who complete the course receive a Certification of Completion)
Composting
(participaints learn how to use compost to reduce the cost of fertilizer and increase their yields)
Step One:
Dig a trench 10 meters long
Step Two:
Fill trench with compost
Village Agriculture Workshop
(Village workshops are usually involve 40 participants and are conducted in schools)
Step Three:
Cover trench with dirt
