FARMS International: Building Churches & Families

The church associated with the FARMS program is a school for elementary children during the week. We were treated to a number of special presentations upon our arrival in Cyangugu, Rwanda.

Profits Re-Invested To Further Families & Churches Well-being

The sorghum projects result in a profitable project for an entire family. It was exciting to watch the profits and work ethic from a FARMS project being reinvested into sheep that just gave birth!! The sheep were not a FARMS Project but a result of earlier opportunity and success provided by our faithful supporters.

In addition, the families in this group of projects tithe to the local church and even decided to give a gift of a piano to the church choir.

FARMS International: The Price Of Sorghum

Forgive my talking on this video.

One KILO is equal to about 2 POUNDS for those of us here in the United States.

Two pounds of sorghum seed will net about 300 Rwandan Francs or about $0.75 US Dollars. The processed sorghum doubles in weight once processed because of the boiling and so the price per pound drops to 215 Rwandan Francs.

We saw multiple 50 & 100 pound satchel's that are processed every day. The FARMS loan allows them to buy and plant larger amounts of sorghum for processing doubling or tripling their profits.

Sorghum processing and drink production is a very profitable way for families to generate an income and support their church. They boil the sorghum in large containers. They then dry it over a period of four days.

They then remove the string husks and clean it. Christians use the processed sorghum seeds to create a drink (non-alcoholic) during famine periods. They will often survive on the nutrients provided by this seed when food is scarce.

The additional video's will provide you with the profits made when they sell it at market and show how those profits are reinvested.

The Sound Of A Healthy Church

Our visit to Rwanda was filled with the sound of choirs in churches around the country. We found churches focused on worship and reaching out to the poor, orphans, widows, and the unreached.

Enjoy this group as they sing!!