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SUSTAINABILITY
by Watoto
JOHN BOSCO’S STORY
We’re giving our families the nutrition they need to grow up healthy and strong.
With three busy villages full of families, we know it’s important to work towards self-sustainability. That’s why our Watoto farms provide fresh vegetables and eggs for our villages, and goats milk for Baby Watoto. By producing wholesome food for our mothers and children, we’re reducing our expenses on food and healthcare.
Our farms also provide learning and employment opportunities for our young adults like John Bosco. Rescued when he was five years old, John Bosco talks about growing up in Watoto and how there was never a day that he felt unloved or unwanted. Here he grew up with a mother who loved him like her own, and brothers and sisters who helped him with everything since he was the baby of the family.
After high school, John Bosco went to university and studied animal production and management, graduating in 2016. He told us, “I thank God for the opportunity I have to work for Watoto on Lubbe Farm. I love that I get to grow the nutritious food that my younger siblings eat so that they can be healthy.”
To expand our sustainability efforts, we are also developing a fully integrated agribusiness located outside Gulu, northern Uganda. This will serve the dual-purpose of producing food for our Watoto mothers and children, as well as providing technical training and experience for Watoto graduates.
Wherever we operate, our goal is to empower people like John Bosco, and we’re grateful to every partner who continues to come alongside us as we develop a bright, sustainable future for our children.
MEET BRENDA
Brenda is the manager at Lubbe Farm, where we grow vegetables and fruit for our mothers and children. Even though it’s a lot of hard work, she loves her job. To Brenda, it’s not just about planting and harvesting tomatoes, carrots or kale, but it’s about providing the nutritious food our families need to grow up healthy. Thanks to Brenda and her team for everything they do to ensure our kids are happy and well-fed.
