Why Project Amata is good news for school meals in Burundi
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By Matthew Stevens
A new World Food Programme-Kerry project brings more milk to children in Gitega province, sustainably
“The house I have, it came from milk production,” says Isaac, a dairy farmer in Bugendana, in Burundi’s central Gitega province. “When I had no cow, I was living in poverty.”
The livelihoods of Isaac and his wife Bernadette depend upon their cows and the milk they produce. And that milk also helps support other households in the community. “Those with small children sometimes come to us”, says Isaac, “and ask for half a litre, or a litre, for their baby.”