On Saturday 17th February, 2024 the Lagos Food Bank will empower its beneficiaries with agricultural materials inclusive of poultry, snail and vegetable starter kit through the Family Farming program to establish their backyard farms in partnership with Australian Aid to fight hunger and promote food and financial security.
Goal:
The goal of the outreach is to promote food security and self-sustenance by empowering the beneficiaries of the program with the necessary small scale agricultural materials needed to establish a backyard farm.
Objective:
- To reduce the prevalence of hunger and poverty by creating an alternative food source which makes access to fresh and healthy food easy and affordable.
- To promote food security and financial stability of the program’s beneficiaries there by equipping them with agricultural materials to start their backyard farms
Distribution Items:
The items to be distributed include the following:
- Vegetable Starter Kits (Quality vegetable seeds, Organic Manure and Kegs)
- Poultry Starter Kits (Chickens, Cage, Feeds, Drinker, Feeder, Antibiotics and Multivitamin)
- Snail Starter Kit (Snails, Feed, Cage)
Date: Saturday 17th February, 2024
Location: Agege Community, Lagos