Blessing Chikwizira - Success Story
The only hut that was in the household
Blessing Chikwizira is a 16-year-old boy from Mutsetse village in Zimbabwe. He lost both his parents to AIDS and is now staying with his 86-year-old grandmother. He is one of the participants of the food and incomes project CHF introduced in this area.
Through the generosity of Canadian donors like you, each participant received three indigenous chickens, two goats and a 50 kg bag of chicken feed.
Blessing feeding his chickens
Over 18 months, Blessing managed to get more than 100 chickens through the complete production cycle, from those original three. He ate some and sold others to generate income. He then molded bricks for his two-room house from the chicken sales and hired a builder to do the job for him. Blessing also managed to hire draught power to plough their field and to buy a 10 kg bag of maize seed.
The house Blessing built
Self-esteem is one of the major benefits Blessing has received. He confessed that, for the greater part of his life, he felt dejected, hopeless and disadvantaged. Now, he has a lot of confidence. He now proudly owns small livestock and a new building at the homestead.