Stories of impact: this month’s story tells how the Dionis and Pas couple went from not having enough manure for their fields to having access to it, and consequently a good harvest

2024-11-21T09:07:38+00:00

Dionis is a drummer from Gishora, Burundi's drum sanctuary, and is married to Pascaline. The first year of their marriage was a difficult one, in terms of family living conditions. “Feeding my family was a difficult task because I had no manure to put in the fields,” says Dionis. “A year after the wedding, in February 2023, that's when Fort Barachel gave the Gishora drummers a pig. I was among those who received a piglet,” continues Dionis. The young drummer and his wife raised this pig and it gave birth to 4 other pigs, three of which they sold to meet [...]