My name is Uwamahoro Sarah
I live in Kanzenze District, Nyamabuye Village, in the Ntarama Sector.
Are you also a member of the Twisungane Group?
Yes, I am a member. I am married with 3 children.
Sara, so what do you think of today's activities?
I am very happy
Before this, the only way we could water our fields using watering cans which was very hard
I am very happy, this is something I had been waiting for, for a long time.
We are now going to be able to plant so much more. Everything we could not water manually.
Now that we have irrigation equipment we are going to be able to farm all our land.
What kinds of activities do you think you are going to pursue now that you have irrigation equipment?
I can see that most of your land was not farmed due to the hot temperatures, even thought you live near a water source
What we are going do now is plant Green peppers and Eggplants. Our tomatoes are almost ready for the market
We have planted 6 more Acres, next time you come to visit us we will give you some free tomatoes.
Thank you Sarah
My name is Nsanzibere Jean DeLacroix
I live in Kanzenze District, Nyamabuye Village, in the Ntarama Sector and I am a member of Twisungane
We came here today to accept the assistance that we have been given.
We are very happy and this is all truly amazing.
We were spending so much energy trying to keep our crops from drying up.
Now that we can irrigate out farms, we are going to expand all our activities.
We are going to be able to go from 6 Acres to 12 or 18 Acres of farming.
Before we could only grow 3 types of vegetables but
We are now going to grow enough vegetables to feed our families and also have more to sell and lift ourselves out of poverty.
For our group and as a Country, this will help us to continue the fight against poverty and improve our lives.
My name is Masumbuko Jean Pierre
I live in Kanzenze District, Nyamabuye Village, in the Ntarama Sector.
Jean Pierre, what are your thoughts on today's activities and how are going to use the new equipment?
To be honest, I am overjoyed
We had been struggling for so long but now our hard work will pay off and we can begin to create wealth.
Before, when we had a crop that took 3 months to grow
For each one of those days we would be out watering our crop all day to avoid losing it
In the morning and in the evening
Sometimes even that much would not be enough
Even that wasn't always enough because we still lost a lot of plants because they did not get enough water
But today, we are overjoyed.
We are very happy about getting this new equipment
For example you can see all these plans which had already died
And over there, those are very weak
But today is a day of celebration
We are going to water this area and revive all our tomatoes
We will revive some and plant new ones after that. We are very excited and can't wait to see the outcome
My name is Nyirandimubanzi Claudine
I live in Kanzenze District, Nyamabuye Village, in the Ntarama Sector.
This is one of our vegertable farms
We have a few more of these farms nearby
Work is difficult because we do not have all the tools we need
We use hand tools
Today, we are very happy and excited because this equipment will help us work without as much toil
This is such a wonderful act, we are very grateful for everything you have done
We don't have to work as hard watering out plants by hand
What do you hope to achieve in the next 5 to 6 months
Now we are going to expand all our farming activities
We are not going to run out of seeds again because
During the dry season we used to run out of seed and stop farming. Now that we have water, we are going to be able to continue farming
We are going to plant all the vegetables that we need to feed our community
Thank you Claudine
This is Ndayambajimana Samuel, Leader of Twisungane Farming group. He is going to tell us how he feels about today's activities
Thank you very much
If I could speak from the heart I would laugh all day long. I don't know how to explain it.
We have been waiting for this day for a long time
From many people
But God brought you to us
I would like to thank you for everything you have done for us
Everyone who is here, please give them a round of applause. Our hearts overflow
As you said, I am the leader of this group
We came together so we can support each other
With ideas
At first people thought we were silly but
We found working together to be best for us.
So we can help develop our community
I would like to thank all our members for their comments and I thank you all again
We are going to work hard
You are here all the time
You know that we like to work together and how hard we work
The market that never had enough vegetables before is not going to have a surplus of produce
Even though it's the dry season, we are going to irrigate our farms and have an abundance
This equipment looks incredible, I can't believe it
We are going to irrigate our farms and continue to farm and work hard.
We are not going to have to stop farming
Like they said, The watering was really wearing us down
Even with all that work, as you can see, we were still losing a lot of our crops
Thank you again, May God Bless you
Please continue to work with us and support us
I don't have anything else to say besides Thank you, Thank you
You know that we like to work together and how hard we work
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