In October Geoff interviewed Sulait Wasswa, principle trainer for Graze School of Farming on the Kabubbu Development Project farm to discover what his farm manager role really means to him. Continuing his story, here’s how Sulait’s childhood gives us a clue….
Life was not easy. Sulait never knew his father. He was raised by his mother with three older siblings, and nieces & nephews. And his twin brother. Suffering the huge loss of his twin brother in the last year of their primary schooling, he then lost his mother to the same disease two years later. Thanks to Quicken’s partnership scheme, Sulait was fortunate to be partnered through his whole education. He lived with his older brother until he left secondary education to study at Busitema uni in eastern Uganda.
Sulait loves passing on his degree learning – teaching people about the Graze School of Farming process and the advantages of growing within its disciplines. 2 pm every Thursday afternoon is training time, usually for 11 people at a time. There are 53 dedicated farmers, but as in many aspects of Kabubbu life, the goalposts move frequently. Or in this case, the housing… People have left Kabubbu because large landowners have sold hundreds of acres of farmland for housing development. Thankfully, the Kabubbu Development Project has land.
And then there’s the follow-up to the training…
Each new farmer joins a Graze School group under an experienced group leader. There are five groups, each farming a different area of KDP land. The group leaders ensure everyone sticks to the Graze principles. The farmers are committed to a ‘friend get friend’ programme to introduce others to the training.
Growth in more ways than one. But there’s still more to the Graze School of Farming and Sulait’s role. More about his amazing work in Kabubbu next week… Missed Part 1 of Sulait’s Journey? Backtrack here
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