KILILI SELF HELP PROJECT Director, Sandra Mardigian, is the sole staff-person. She carries out the administration of KSHP on a volunteer basis, and donates all costs and overhead (except bank transfer fees). Therefore, 100% of contibutions by donors can go directly to programs in Kenya. Kilili Self Help Project began in 1985 as an informal community development program with Kilili Village in Machakos, Kenya. The
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MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
The Biointensive trainings for Kenyan farmers funded by Kilili Self Help Project are made possible by the synergy of two partner organizations: Ecology Action, based in Willits, California, and Manor House Agricultural Centre (MHAC) in Kitale, Kenya.
ECOLOGY ACTION:
Our work is based on the GROW BIOINTENSIVE method of small-scale farming researched and developed by John Jeavons and Ecology Action.
www.growbiointensive.org
MANOR HOUSE AGRICULTURAL CENTRE (MHAC):
MHAC certifies the trainers at the completion of a two-year course in Biointensive.
www.mhacbiointensive.org
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Kilili community met together and prioritized their needs, then sent proposals. Sandra raised the funds and they contributed the labor to build a community water project, a school, a maize-grinding mill, and a medical dispensary. In December, 1989, Kilili Self Help Project sent a group of Kilili primary school teachers to Manor House Agricultural Centre (MHAC) for a week of training in the biointensive method, The school gardens and on-farm results in Kilili were so successful that KSHP began supporting MHAC graduates and their outreach programs to train farmers. It was time to become a formal organization, and Ecology Action agreed to serve as fiscal sponsor which provides 501 (c) (3) tax-deductible status for donations.
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