During the December 2025 school break, the Founder of Patmos Cottage School, Mr. Richard Wanjala Manya, travelled to Kitale in the Trans Nzoia District to visit the school maize farm.  Richard negotiated the rental of 4 acres of land for 2026 and this land as in previous years will be planted with maize and intercropped with beans.  There was heavy rainfall in the district during the Christmas period and farmers have just started the first ploughing of the fields to prepare the land for planting that happens in March and April.  The maize and beans harvest in November 2025 yielded 84 x 90 Kg sacks of maize and 6 x 90 Kg sacks of beans.

 

In later April Richard visited the maize farm to check on the progress of the maize crop.  This year unlike previous years, beans will not be intercropped with the maize.  Instead it was decided to plant the beans after the maize harvest so as to provide the beans with more space and light and hopefully this will result in a higher yield of beans. 

 

​The school maize farm has been in operation since 2010 with the first harvest in 2011. The maize and beans grown at the school maize farm are used to support the School Feeding Program which helps to provide a daily nutritious meal for all the children as well as a breakfast of porridge.  The SFP helps to encourage high enrollment and attendance and is vital in assisting food-insecure households in Mathare.  Often the meals provided at the school are the only reliable source of food for many of the children. ​ 

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​​​​To Read more about the school maize farm

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​To read about the maize harvest in 2025 click here

To read about the maize harvest in 2024 click here

To read about the maize harvest in 2023 click here

To read about the maize harvest in 2022 click here

To read about the maize harvest in 2021 click here

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