Saturday, June 7, 2014

JUNE 2014 BOMA PROJECT UPDATE

Delivery of supplies for FLC's feeding program.

From May 29 – 31 I made an onsite visit to the Boma Project. The main objectives of the visit included delivery of food supplies for FLC’s recently launched feeding program, and assessment of the general situation in Boma.


FAITH LEARNING CENTER: The one and a half plane loads of food supplies delivered to FLC last week finally accomplished SEAP’s arrangement for feeding the students for a full term while hoping that the arrival of UN relief food will eventually provide a much longer term solution to the problem of hunger in Boma. The school feeding program which was launched last month has improved both school attendance and the health of the students

Concerning the UN relief food for schools, the good news is that JAM has eventually returned to Boma with adequate UN food reserves; but the bad news is that bureaucracy is still hindering the distribution of the food. It does not make sense for food to remain hoarded in JAM warehouses while school children are starving because instruction to distribute food has not been issued by the Juba office. We are told that food distribution to schools will not begin until sometime after mid-June.
Accompanied by FLC  students to upper Boma.

Upon my arrival in Boma, I saw many school children at the airstrip; I thought they had come to help with transporting supplies to upeer Boma; but to my surprise I learned that all the women and children had been relocated from upper Boma to lower Boma due to the threat of an impending Kachipo attack on Kaywa village, and that they had not attended school since Monday of the week.  A good number of them decided to accompany me to upper Boma. They were fed and sheltered at SEAP compound for the night. Efforts to broker peace between the two communities is ongoing, and it is hoped normalcy will soon return to enable children to resume learning.. 
Inspecting  crop health.

AGRICULTURE: The land had been tilled in late March – early April, weeded in early May and planted. The crop is doing fine. Although the agriculture project was launched late, I hope this year’s crop will provide a good demonstration effect to the local community and pave way for a bigger attempt at agricultural initiatives in Boma in future seasons.
Cow peas plant     













Maize plants  

Thank you for your steadfast support for the Boma Project. Continue praying for peaceful co-existence among the Boma communities; and may God bless you abundantly as you continue to be instrumental in making a difference through Christ-centered transformation of  Boma communities.

HENRY OKUMU
African Director,
SEA Partners



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