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All our members are subsistence farmers meaning that most food that is grown is for domestic consumption and what is left is taken to the market. However in order to raise incomes, some families increase the amount they take to the market leaving themselves hungry. The lives of our members and the surrounding community is typical of Uganda as a whole as 82% of the population are in the agricultural sector and the GDP per person is $249 (2003). The largest source of expenditure is on education costs such as secondary school fees, textbooks, and uniforms. Other items of expenditure include soap, paraffin, clothes once a year and occasionally meat. However our members’ income from farming, due to the low amount produced and lack of access to markets, rarely cover all these items. Therefore raising member’s income creates development not only by reducing household poverty and the inadequacy of the diet, but also through increasing educational levels. For our members’ there are few alter

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