Rodah is a real success story.
Thanks to generous people like you, we were able to reach her community and change her life. Now Rodah is transforming her neighbours’ lives, too.
Your Harvest offering can make all the difference
Imagine how much of a struggle Harvest can be in Kenya. Climate change is making it harder for poor farmers like Rodah to survive.
Each year, she tried to grow vegetables on a small plot of dry land. Every day, she walked a gruelling six miles, carrying back heavy containers of water, just to keep her crops alive.
But despite her hard work, Rodah's harvest was never enough. She had to make the agonising decision to feed her family rather than pay for her children to go to school.
As a parent, you always want to do the best for your children. Imagine how Rodah felt when she couldn't.
Three easy steps lead to big changes
But since we reached Rodah’s community, everything’s changed.
Working with a local partner, ADSE (a branch of the Anglican church in Kenya), we built the community a sand dam. ADSE are also giving farmers drought-resistant seeds, and teaching communities how to make the water they do have go further.
Now Rodah has the precious water she needs to nurture her land. Imagine her joy when she sold her first bumper harvest!
These days she’s even able to provide casual work for her neighbours - helping her entire community to thrive.
And the best part? At last Rodah can afford to send her children to school, giving them lots of opportunities for the future.
Please help us reach more communities like Rodah’s so that they can realise their God-given potential.
Get prayer cards, posters and collection envelopes for your Harvest offering.
Donate to Christian Aid and plant a seed of transformation today. Just imagine the harvest your generosity could make possible!
Pray with us this Harvest
Lift your neighbours in Kenya up to God – join us in prayer.
This year’s Harvest prayer comes from Esther Musili, executive director of ADSE, a branch of the Anglican Church in Kenya.
O Lord our God,
We pray that the seed we sow
today will bring a harvest that
causes continued dew upon the
earth to sustain the seed in our hands.
May we always have seed to sow
and rejoice when we see the
transformation that reflects the image
of God in your people all over the world.
Amen.
You can use our Harvest prayer points for more inspiration for your worship:
- Thank God for new growth in rural Kenya, as our partner ADSE plants the seeds of transformation. Pray for its work providing drought-resistant seeds, training farmers and building dams to strengthen communities reliant on farming.
- Pray for Rodah, and praise God for the change in her life. She used to have to walk 10km a day to collect water, but now she waters a flourishing plot from her own tap.
- Thank God that Rodah has been able to send her children to school, and now employs her neighbours to help with the harvest.
- Pray that the seeds of change planted in Rodah’s community today will grow and bear fruit for years to come.
- Pray for churches holding collections and fundraising events for Christian Aid this Harvest, and ask God to bless the money raised, that each pound given can plant more transformation all over the world.
