The water ministries team in Turkana completed the establishment of two irrigated farms, began work on two new farms and finished five more wells by the end of February 2015, according to CMF missionary Gene Morden, who serves as director of the water team.

The two new irrigated farms are Atapar and Kokoi. The latter was set up as a training and demonstration farm.

“Kokoi farm was established for training new farmers and planting demonstration farm plots that will educate and challenge the current 540 farm families to commit to a higher level of excellence and productivity,” said Gene.

The Atapar farm was funded by a grant of $17,550 from International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES) of Noblesville, Ind.

“In addition, IDES has committed to send four more grants of $17,550 each for four additional irrigated farms in 2015,” Gene said, “for which we are very thankful. These will have a huge impact on the families who live in the desert region of Turkana.”