Poultry Project

Through the Mugie Biashara Grant, part of Mugie's grassroots fund, seed funding has gone toward helping local families set up their own poultry farms. A small investment with an outsized return. Eggs and meat put nutritious food on the table. Surplus can be sold, turning a backyard flock into a steady, reliable income. And with a new source of food and earnings closer to home, families feel less pressure to fall back on practices like overgrazing that put strain on the land.

The ripple effects reach further still. Schools within Mugie's neighbouring communities have begun their own poultry projects, teaching students practical skills while opening the door to something bigger: the possibility of supplying eggs and poultry to nearby camps and lodges, creating a market on their own doorstep.

It's a simple idea, really, that economic independence and conservation don't pull in different directions. Sometimes they hatch from the very same flock.

The statistics:

A total of 396 birds are currently managed by 11 groups, a total of 1,836 eggs were collected for the month of July this year with a total revenue generated was KES 56,900, marking an increase of KES 12,075 from the previous month.