We are supporting around 500 orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in Busia County who are members of 11 community groups. SGG pay for one extra communal meal a week which is managed by group members . Here children at Siguli Orphan Centre are receiving their meal of maize and beans is better than the normal maize porridge as the beans add some protein. Each group now has a kitchen garden to grow vegetables to further improve the nutritive value of the meal.

Here a young boy is using a moneymaker foot pump which draws water from a ditch to irrigate Siguli vegetable plot. This plot now feeds the children and produces a small income. In 2025 this group made a profit of around £350 including vegetables consumed as well as sold to raise money for school fees.

Between 2014 and 2017 SGG was a partner in the international OPTIONs project which promoted the use of naturally occurring plant pesticides. One outcome of this was the formation of the International Society for Pesticidal Plants (ISPP). This is an African led initiative but Paul and Carole have been key members of ISPP management. Here is a group of farmers preparing pesticidal plants to be used to control pests in their farms in Oyugis, Homa Bay Kenya