BUNGALE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Grant: $250 to start a beekeeping project
Group size: 31 members
Location: Bungale Village, Kilifi District, Coast Province

Bungale village is in the poorest constituency in Kenya.
There is NO road to their village as seen in the fact that bushes and shrubs have to be cut in order to let our vehicle reach their village every time we visit them. This group is incredibly far away from all government and non-governmental services to the extent that, in the words of the group chairman ‘our Member of Parliament, area chief and even sub chief have never seen this place’. This isolation has built a great deal of self-reliance in the community but is also a serious contributing factor to their poverty. Rasilimali gave them a grant to start a beekeeping project that is still on going.  Community members support the group and project because they see these as a viable means through which they will develop themselves. Rasilimali intends to continue to support them by continuing to invest in the development of their social capital and helping them to build basic skills that will allow them to manage their current project well and improve their ability to access other sources of both government and non-governmental funds. This is a group that truly stands to benefit from our engagement because everyone else has neglected them due to the sheer remoteness of their location. Moreover, the group has positive leadership that injects optimism and an attitude of gratitude into how the community conducts itself. Their future plans include expanding their water pan and starting horticultural activities.

Bungale village is in the poorest constituency in Kenya. There is NO road to their village as seen in the fact that bushes and shrubs have to be cut in order to let our vehicle reach their village every time we visit them. This group is incredibly far away from all government and non-governmental services to the extent that, in the words of the group chairman ‘our Member of Parliament, area chief and even sub chief have never seen this place’. This isolation has built a great deal of self-reliance in the community but is also a serious contributing factor to their poverty. Rasilimali gave them a grant to start a beekeeping project that is still on going.  Community members support the group and project because they see these as a viable means through which they will develop themselves. Rasilimali intends to continue to support them by continuing to invest in the development of their social capital and helping them to build basic skills that will allow them to manage their current project well and improve their ability to access other sources of both government and non-governmental funds. This is a group that truly stands to benefit from our engagement because everyone else has neglected them due to the sheer remoteness of their location. Moreover, the group has positive leadership that injects optimism and an attitude of gratitude into how the community conducts itself. Their future plans include expanding their water pan and starting horticultural activities.

Bungale village is in the poorest constituency in Kenya. There is NO road to their village as seen in the fact that bushes and shrubs have to be cut in order to let our vehicle reach their village every time we visit them. This group is incredibly far away from all government and non-governmental services to the extent that, in the words of the group chairman ‘our Member of Parliament, area chief and even sub chief have never seen this place’. This isolation has built a great deal of self-reliance in the community but is also a serious contributing factor to their poverty. Rasilimali gave them a grant to start a beekeeping project that is still on going.  Community members support the group and project because they see these as a viable means through which they will develop themselves. Rasilimali intends to continue to support them by continuing to invest in the development of their social capital and helping them to build basic skills that will allow them to manage their current project well and improve their ability to access other sources of both government and non-governmental funds. This is a group that truly stands to benefit from our engagement because everyone else has neglected them due to the sheer remoteness of their location. Moreover, the group has positive leadership that injects optimism and an attitude of gratitude into how the community conducts itself. Their future plans include expanding their water pan and starting horticultural activities.

Bungale village is in the poorest constituency in Kenya. There is NO road to their village as seen in the fact that bushes and shrubs have to be cut in order to let our vehicle reach their village every time we visit them. This group is incredibly far away from all government and non-governmental services to the extent that, in the words of the group chairman ‘our Member of Parliament, area chief and even sub chief have never seen this place’. This isolation has built a great deal of self-reliance in the community but is also a serious contributing factor to their poverty. Rasilimali gave them a grant to start a beekeeping project that is still on going.  Community members support the group and project because they see these as a viable means through which they will develop themselves. Rasilimali intends to continue to support them by continuing to invest in the development of their social capital and helping them to build basic skills that will allow them to manage their current project well and improve their ability to access other sources of both government and non-governmental funds. This is a group that truly stands to benefit from our engagement because everyone else has neglected them due to the sheer remoteness of their location. Moreover, the group has positive leadership that injects optimism and an attitude of gratitude into how the community conducts itself. Their future plans include expanding their water pan and starting horticultural activities.