History of the Project
In 2007, Pastor Doug Bartel of Hillcrest Church and Pastor Julius Badigo of Falls Community Chapel began a friendship. Pastor Julius brought a proposal to assist his home land village in Sudan with an agricultural project. Over the next two years they met together and decided to join together in this humanitarian effort.
As a result of the long civil war in Sudan, the resources and infrastructure of the southern states had been eroded at such a level that starvation, disease and human suffering had become a daily and unending reality. Safety, food security and access to clean water are the foundation stones needed to help Southern Sudan out of their current situation and into position to strengthen and redevelop the infrastructure needed for growth.
In 2007, Pastor Doug Bartel of Hillcrest Church and Pastor Julius Badigo of Falls Community Chapel began a friendship. Pastor Julius brought a proposal to assist his home land village in Sudan with an agricultural project. Over the next two years they met together and decided to join together in this humanitarian effort.
As a result of the long civil war in Sudan, the resources and infrastructure of the southern states had been eroded at such a level that starvation, disease and human suffering had become a daily and unending reality. Safety, food security and access to clean water are the foundation stones needed to help Southern Sudan out of their current situation and into position to strengthen and redevelop the infrastructure needed for growth.
South Sudan Borehole Project
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The purpose of this trip to South Sudan was to drill a well in the remote village of Kalalayi to provide clean drinking water for the community and to eliminate the need to walk ten miles per day to gather dirty, stagnant water. During the trip, efforts were also made in education, health care, and farming.
Visit Pastor Doug's blog to read a detailed account of this trip.
http://kalalayi2.blogspot.com/
Visit Pastor Doug's blog to read a detailed account of this trip.
http://kalalayi2.blogspot.com/
Sudan Seed Planting Project
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The Sudan Seed Planting Project was a combined effort between Hillcrest Church and Falls Community Church to go into Southern Sudan and teach the local people in the village of Kalalayi how to build and maintain a sustainable farm.
The current food situation is poor. Farming in the area is highly ineffective due to derisory technique and understanding of basic farming practices. There are many ways to address this situation and we decided that we needed to create a process that was not mechanical so the project would not be sidelined with breakdowns and challenges that would require more resources than the village would be able to manage.
We contacted an organization called Farming God’s Way (FGW). It is a farming process that has been developed in the soils of Africa and has had great success in many of the surrounding countries. FGW agreed to come to the village to train the farmers and build some small test plots on location for the development of a larger farm down the line. The FGW technique is manageable with hand tool and can also be adapted for mechanical farming once the immediate sustainability is obtained and if the people show an ability to grow the farm project for market.
Also on this trip, we focused on building relationships with the village and assessing the needs for future projects and assistance. We will also took the opportunity to teach about who Jesus is and fill in the gaps on their Christian understanding.
For a detailed account of this trip, visit Pastor Doug's blog.
http://kalalayi.blogspot.com/
The current food situation is poor. Farming in the area is highly ineffective due to derisory technique and understanding of basic farming practices. There are many ways to address this situation and we decided that we needed to create a process that was not mechanical so the project would not be sidelined with breakdowns and challenges that would require more resources than the village would be able to manage.
We contacted an organization called Farming God’s Way (FGW). It is a farming process that has been developed in the soils of Africa and has had great success in many of the surrounding countries. FGW agreed to come to the village to train the farmers and build some small test plots on location for the development of a larger farm down the line. The FGW technique is manageable with hand tool and can also be adapted for mechanical farming once the immediate sustainability is obtained and if the people show an ability to grow the farm project for market.
Also on this trip, we focused on building relationships with the village and assessing the needs for future projects and assistance. We will also took the opportunity to teach about who Jesus is and fill in the gaps on their Christian understanding.
For a detailed account of this trip, visit Pastor Doug's blog.
http://kalalayi.blogspot.com/
