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My second year as a farmer

Today I harvested some vegetables for a friend As the farm greens to near black and the harvest is only a month or two away, I forget that it was all tiresome to do this. The digging, weeding, fear for destructive rain or sun – and moles. Moles ate up lots of my cassava. You will be seeing the stems look tall and promising – a lie. Some wind will blow and it will be down. Only a root supplying water. Beneath there is nothing. The little devil is somewhere else, eating up sweet potatoes tubers. I can now trap them. Though for what? Had they had an economical benefit the better. But to wait and see a sinking maize stalk, bean plant, kale or pawpaw stem – everything you plant the mole wants to partake. Were they disciplined I would have saved some farm produce. But it eats little sugarcane offshoots! Does not care about tomorrow. With more you can give out. I have mom who always asks what is there. She comes and harvests sweet potatoes, uproots mito and mutele, plucks zimboga and li
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S-CBO Profile

1.     About Saniaga Community Based Organization

 

Saniaga Community Based Organization (S-CBO) is an official umbrella organization for community groups with 'Saniaga' identity whose desire is to pull together ideas and resources for the well-being of the members and community.

 

       'Saniaga' is known to be a founding parent who existed circa 14th century.

 

Saniaga was registered as a community based organization in the year 2017 at Sabatia, Vihiga County (Kenya) by the ministry of Gender and Social Services with a core mandate to empower the community through collection, preservation and dissemination of pedigree knowledge that champions positive development.

 

Saniaga CBO has a functional office and a physical address at Wangulu market, a distance of two kilometers from Chavakali junction, Kisumu-Kakamega highway. The organization's outreach is beyond the original Vihiga County due to the location of members and common interests pursued by individuals and the community groups subscribing to it. At present members are distributed in various counties namely; Kakamega, Kisumu, Migori, Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Nairobi, Mombasa and Bungoma.

 

S-CBO operates as a membership organization, with members working on a volunteer basis to implement its activities at the community level. Membership is open to community members of all socio-economic categories and backgrounds as provided for in the constitution. As of January 2018 S-CBO membership was at two hundred.

 

 

At the governance level, S-CBO has an active board of members who offer guidance and support in line with each end year's AGM resolutions. There is an executive board made up of a chair person, treasurer, secretary and two community representatives who provide strategic leadership to the organization. This team makes all policy decisions in the organization. The organization is led by a Program Director (PD) who coordinates, provides technical support and supervision in the organization. The PD is supported by a team of Program Officers, (PO), Field Officers, (FO) and Accounts and Administrative officer - all who work on voluntary basis.  Presently the volunteer staff is of eight people.

 

S-CBO has wide experience working with community members in implementation of community development programs for it sources its expertise within the members. Within the one year that the organization has been in operation, it has partnered with organizations such as Family Search International, Africa 118, Saide Community Library, Wangulu Primary School, Debate Council of Kenya and Dala Adventures.

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