The Fruitful Vine

A Videira Frutífera (The Fruitful Vine) is in Pemba Metuge’s district in the village of Naminawe. It is a space that was created for several different purposes. It is, first of all, a place of employment for refugees of Northern Mozambique who have been dislocated due to the high number of terrorist attacks in the area. It is secondly a place where many fruit bearing trees and crops will provide food for the greater community and in the future will be sold as food for the larger region. It will also be a place of community and greater education for people in the area and will provide housing for missionaries and visitors who are partnering with our vision. 

Currently there are four families that are working on the farm, growing crops of corn (milho), sugarcane (cana-de-açúcar), moringa, sweet potato (batata-doce) and several kinds of fruit trees: orange (larangeira), banana (bananeiras), indian almond (amendoeira), mango (mangueira), atis (ateira), lemon (limoneira), avocado (abacateira), and cashew (cajueiro). The farm also has chickens. The farm manager, Jorge, is responsible for maintaining the farm, buying necessary equipment or provisions and paying the workers. The communications manager, Omar, takes pictures of activities at the farm and gives us monthly updates. 

To give to The Fruitful Vine Project please give to Rivendell House and include Fruitful in the reference. To learn more go to www.fruitful-vine.org.