Aldenora Lucas Ferreira is married to Luciano Alexandre Ferreira and they have 3 children. They live in a mud and sticks house (hut) at Barra de Oitis village in Diamante county. They are thrilled because they have been selected to receive a chicken run in our 2-Wings project. They will receive in their backyard a chicken pen 3 metres x 2.5 metres with wire-netting 1.5 metres high to protect the hens from foxes or wild dogs. At one end of the pen there will be nesting boxes for the egg laying and this part will have a roof on to give shade. When the chicken run is constructed they will receive 7 laying hens duly vaccinated. This project is a great help to poor families as they sell the eggs and thus have increased income to add to the government benefit of 59 pounds per month they at present live/survive off. Such projects help the poor to help themselves and give them pride and dignity in the process.
We have had another 12 mm (half an inch) of rain at Green Pastures taking us up to a total this year of 208 mm (8.6 inches). Please pray for rain for us as we are below average for what we need in the rainy season between now and May.
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