Project: Mushrooms!

What do mushrooms make you think of? Something to eat? Poisonous fungi that grows in the yard?

Do Mushrooms and Hope belong in the same sentence?  

Oyster Mushrooms

They do now! 

This past week we took a group of people from Maphiveni to a workshop on how to grow Oyster Mushrooms. The workshop was very informative and helpful. Our next step is to visit several homesteads that are growing mushrooms to see how they run their operation. Then we will be able to launch another micro-industry community project in Maphiveni, Project: Mushrooms!

At the workshop, preparing to start. 

Project: Mushrooms! will provide the training and skills necessary to grow Oyster Mushrooms which the people can then sell earning money to help provide the essential needs for their families. This bountiful crop also gives a sense of hope and a different kind of future to look forward too. 

Our instructor, Wanda, explains the hanging bags used to grow the mushrooms. 

Thank you for your generous support that allows us to be able to change the lives of the Maphiveni residents in a very real and practical way.