SEA CONTAINER PREPARATION

CON-FLU-ENCE
Function: noun
1: a coming together, meeting or gathering at one point
2: the flowing together of two or more streams

Basic Utility Vehicle & FAME Medical Supplies

HSMO Medical Equipment & CISCO Farm Supplies

E91 Clothing Ministry & Moving Bags of Clothes

For the past three weeks, we have been "confluencing" -- starting with the Basic Utility Vehicle that launched the entire vision for the Jubilee Village Project, we have been collaborating with churches, ministries, companies and individuals to collect and gather goods to fill a 43,000 lb. sea container to send to Kager, Kenya.

It has been amazing to see the variety and assortment of items come together at the Kern, Kirtley & Herr warehouse in Zionsville and we are thankful to Denny Cunningham for allowing us to stage all of the materials at his facility. We are also thankful to Bob Boucek and Stefan Radelich at LESEA - Feed The Hungry (South Bend) who are coordinating all of the logistics, permits and paperwork for this shipment. We are waiting to jump over one last hurdle -- gaining an import certificate for the corn meal and canned goods that are a big part of this shipment.

The list of ministry partners and goods we will be shipping is phenomenal:

• A Basic Utility Vehicle that was funded by over 60 different people and made by the Institute for Affordable Transportation (Indianapolis)
• Over 50 bags of gently used clothing and books from the Solomon's Wardrobe Ministry of East 91st Street Christian Church (Indianapolis)
• 2 pallets of medical supplies and equipment from the Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism (FAME-Indianapolis)
• 3 pallets of medical supplies and equipment from Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach (Springfield, IL)
• 8 pallets of high-protein canned goods from LESEA-Feed The Hungry (South Bend)
• 8 pallets of high-grade corn products from Prairie Mills / E-Z-Bake (Rochester, IN)
• 28 SolaDyne solar lanterns for the JOY Kitchens Initiative
• 2 pallets of home cannning equipment ordered through and delivered by Summerfield Ace Hardward (Greenfield)
• 2 improved stoves from StoveTec (Oregon)
• 3 pallets of farming supplies from Cisco Seeds (Indianapolis)
• 120 lbs of proprietary materials from the Aqua Clara Foundation (Michigan) for household water purifiers

We ask you to join the Jubilee Village Project in prayer to help us get through the last hurdles and red tape that is associated with getting a shipment of humanitarian goods into Kenya -- we never imagined it would be this hard, but we are faithful this is exactly what God wants us to be doing right now.

Stay tuned to hear when the shipment actually leaves and starts its journey half way across the continent to Kager village.

VILLAGE FARMERS LAUNCH MODEL FARM INITIATIVE

A MESSAGE FROM GEORGE AMINO,
JUBILEE VILLAGE FOOD & FARMING CHAMPION:

“As the food and farming Champion for Kager Jubilee Village Project, I hope that with the JVP Model Farm program the following is going to be achieved:

· Due to the constant changes of weather, the model farm initiative will transform the community through the introduction of Irrigation techniques.
· Use of high quality seed will result in better harvests and this will increase knowledge to the locals who have held onto long-time traditions, which cannot work now.
· Better understanding of how best to plant interims of spring and when to do that will bring very fruitful results.
· The use of fertilizer for planting and top dressing is a real development in the village, and this is going to be an eye opener to the people who have remained behind and continue to suffer from hunger because of lack of food.
· Model Farm initiative will bring about knowledge on better pest control, and killing of insects that destroy crops.
· With the model farm initiative, the will be an increased in food production that will spur increased economy and good bye to famine in Kager.
· With model farms good food crops production will be seen and the village will be the source of supply of foods to other regions.
· JVP being a project of love and care to less fortunate, and while focused in bringing lasting solutions in the village, will be able to share with less fortunate the fortunes received from the model farm program.

This is a wonderful program, focused and committed to bring transformation in Kager. May God bless JVP.”

George Amino, February 7, 2009

George Amino, JVP Model Farm #1

George is 33 years old, and he is married to Mary. The Lord has blessed them with two children, both are boys. They are Doug and Rick. George has been in farming for the last ten years and has good experience of the same in the field.

Significant challenges that George has experienced in farming are:

· Use of local seeds has contributed to poor harvests.
· Lack of farming equipments and farm inputs.
· Inability to control pests, e.g. cutworms and storage pests.
· Poor knowledge on better farming techniques.


John Ogenga Nyang’i, JVP Model Farm #2

John is married to two wives with seven children. He is 49 years of age and has been in farming for the last 20 years.

The challenges he has faced in farming are:

· climatic changes
· prolonged drought

With the JVP model farms and entire project in Kager he hopes to see real transformation within Kager and enough food production.


Charles Akoth Mwai, JVP Model Farm #3

Charles is 37 years of age. He is married to one wife and five children. He has been in the farming for 15 years. Some of the challenges which he has faced are:

· Planting without fertilizers
· Poor timing due to unpredicted weather conditions.

He is glad with the JVP program on food and farming, and he hope that through this program, Kager village is going to experience real transformation.


Maurice Awino Ondiek, JVP Model Farm #4

Maurice is 47 years of age and he is married to one wife and the Lord has blessed them with three children. He has been in farming for the last 20 years and has been a resident of Kager since birth.

The challenges he has experienced in farming are:
· Unpredicted rain seasons
· Poor farming equipments
· Lack of fertilizers
· Better seeds.

He is so much energized and encouraged with the JVP model farms and he look forward to working hard on his farm for good results. He hopes that through this program, Kager village will be transformed, to become the major source of food supply.

TYPICAL FARMING IN KAGER, KENYA

THE FIRST JUBILEE SCHOLAR - IRINE AUMA ONGONDO

Below is a note from Irine Auma Ongondo, the first ever Kager youth sponsored by the Jubilee Scholars Program!

"I am grateful to have this privillege to write this essay to express my fundemental feelings towards your help. I would like to congratulate the Jubilee leaders who came up with the opinion and project to support those who are not capable to continue with their education because of financial difficulties.

I so much value this suport and I would like to promise that I will always be ready to work very hard in classwork. I know that this will motivate the Jubilee members at Kager Vision Centre to carry on with the same spirit.

Another thing that I must not fail to indicate here is that I would like to become a Lawyer after studying the law of Kenya and how they operate. I hope that won't be ten years from now. That is my ambition and I hope my dream will come to be accomplished.

Finally I would like to wish the Jubilee Champions and Partners a humble and nice time as they continue to stand with me financially. Otherwise I don't have much to say. May the Lord God of Israel bless JVP greatly and abundantly."

IRINE

The Jubilee Scholars Program is focused on identifying and sponsoring “low income, high performing” children and provide the financial resources to allow them to attend secondary school. The Scholars Program will also provide mentorship under the guidance of Andrew Aduda, JVP Education Champion, and David Kayando, JVP Team Kager Lead Champion.

The following criteria will be used to identify and select 1 girl and 1 boy annually to receive Jubilee Scholars Program sponsorships for their entire secondary school education:

- Completed 8th grade and received the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education
- High performance on the O-Level exam
- Strong moral behavior and personal integrity
- Demonstrated role model to other students
- Financial need – the chosen students will be selected from family’s that do not have the financial means to send their children to secondary school
- Commitment to share their lives and give back to the Kager community

The Jubilee Scholars sponsorship is renewable annually and is dependent on annual achievement of the following items:

- Satisfactory grade performance
- Completion of periodic reporting
- Completion of periodic guidance and counseling
- Contribution by the parents (or extended families) of at least 20% of their school costs

Stay tuned as we have one more Jubilee Scholar that will head to secondary school in the coming weeks!