Four Hens and a Rooster

Ndiolle Faye For years, Ndiolle Faye’s family lived in poverty, earning what they could from their small farm. They struggled to get two meals a day, and often those meals were nothing but millet.

Faye was unable to go to school as a child, and though she desperately wanted to send her children to school, there was never enough money.

Then Faye joined the Wax Bakh Self-Help Group. Heifer International gave her training, help building a hen house, four hens, and a rooster.Using what she’d learned, Faye quickly grew her flock to over 150 birds. In less than two years, she had sold more than 100 chickens.

She invested that money in livestock, diversifying her farm, bringing in more money, and with manure to replenish the soil, her crop yields went up 20%. With more financial security from her business selling chickens, Faye is able to keep the harvested produce to add nutritional diversity to her family’s meals.
Now, two years after receiving chickens, her family eats three nutritious meals every day.

Now Faye is able to send her children to school. She no longer worries about affording their education, knowing she can always sell some of her flock to pay for school fees and supplies.

Faye regularly shares her training and gives starter flocks of birds to over 11 local families, helping them along their own path to financial independence and food security.