Jose, the young man next door and I cut 118 Moringa limbs from the Camotan nursery.  The first 35 were cut using a machete.  The rest of the limbs were cut by using a chainsaw that the ministry purchased.  Praise the Lord for chainsaws!  It took all day to cut the first 35 limbs.  However, we cut the other 83 limbs in just 4 hours.  Each limb was cut in a 1 meter piece.  All the 118 limbs were given away to four NUFED schools.  The schools received as follows: Suchiquer 30 limbs,  Pelillo Negro 34,  Guareruche 27, and Guior Centro 27.    

The limbs were placed in black plastic for four days. After the four days the limbs were planted around the property of each school.  Six months after the limbs are planted their new shoots will be ready to cut.  They should grow ten to twelve feet in length in the six month period.  They grow extremely fast which makes this tree a great resource for firewood.  In six months the limbs will be cut and half the limbs are for the families of the schools and, the other half will be given to the ministry to plant in other villages.   

The 213 grafted citrus trees were cut down to the point of the graft. The reason was to allow the tangerines, limes and grapefruit to grow.  All the grafts are growing well.  We are now in the process of waiting to give time for the new growth to start.  This should take about two months.    

We will begin raising chickens at two or three of the NUFED schools.  The project at the first school will start the 24th of April. The chickens will be purchased by the Embrace Program. This will benefit the children as well as the families of the schools.  We also purchased 300 pounds of millet to be used as part of the feed for the chickens.