1. INTRODUCTION

This brief report summarises

• what was accomplished in the 2008/9 season
• what has been arranged for the 2009/10 season
• what is planned for 2010/2011

2. WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN 2009

2.1 Finances

The project received donations from New Zealand, Japan and the United Kingdom. The overall sum received as at the end of August 2009 was £7,494.40.

The actual expenditure in the 2008/9 season totalled £3,494.30 against a budget of £4,141.58. Funds available as at 1^st September for the 2009/10 season are £4,000.10

2.2 Machamba Lessons Learnt

We held a Lessons Learnt meeting with representatives from the Machamba and TYH leadership. In the light of these lessons we have introduced the following improvements for 2009/10:

• We will purchase one more roll of plastic for the roofs and it will be from a thicker material
• Houses will be surveyed and brought back into good order
• Liwe will act as manager/co-ordinator and will remain on site until the 2010 harvest is completed. We have met with him and agreed his roles and responsibilities. He will keep weekly records including weather data, workers on site, what has been undertaken during the week and any problems.
• A weekly meeting will be held on site to pray and worship and to share any good news or problems from the week
• Liwe will meet with the “Secretario” for the land every day
• Security will be introduced from the start of the next phase of the project
• Cleaning the land will be done in September, in advance of the first rains
• A 2009/10 start-up meeting was held with all the workers to communicate to everyone project policy and plans. We made it very clear that the project will have to be self-sufficient in 2010/11.

Elaine Jones and some of the Machamba team	The first bag of rice back in Angoche
Maize during the growing season in May '09	The team prepare to leave having completed the harvest

Generally there has been good feedback from the first year, and useful lessons have been learnt. 27 out of the 30 available plots were cultivated and yielded about 140 x 50kg of rice, maize and beans with a sales value of about £1,500. The produce was distributed amongst families in 5 Koti villages, with a tenth given away to needy families not involved with the project.

3. WHAT IS ARRANGED FOR 2009/2010

• We anticipate a bigger harvest in 2010/11 as we will be planting earlier and hope to catch some good rainfall.
• The team of workers will remain the same, except that 3 further families will take up the 3 spare plots not cultivated last year.
• Better records will be kept on site and security will be improved.
• Clearing will be undertaken in September and planting in October (subject to the rains)
• Harvest of the maize crop will be between March and May 2010 based upon a 5 month growing period.
• Peanuts will be harvested after 6 months
• Rice will be planted in February and harvested in June.
• A Machamba account has been opened at the BIM in Angoche and will be administered by TYH leadership.
• Some of the receipts from sales will be re-invested into the project to buy seeds and provide transport for 2010/11
• A tenth of all the produce will be distributed to needy families
• Workers will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance of their houses.

4. WHAT IS PLANNED FOR 2010/11

It is anticipated that the 2009/10 harvest will produce sufficient funds to increase the number of families based on site. There should be a balance of funds available from the original funding, but otherwise the project will need to be self-supporting.

In addition we would like to secure a vegetable growing plot near a water-course closer to Angoche. We would then install a drip-feed irrigation system to produce year-round produce. Land needs to be identified, a budget put together and funds secured for this to happen.

Julian Bullen

Angoche, Mozambique – September 2009

julian@bullens365.co.uk