Champion Voices

Project participants, personnel and volunteers making change in the communities we work.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Meet some of the women from Pinu Village in Central Province who are breeding native or ‘village’ chickens to improve the food and nutrition security of their community. Read more about the kick starter training they did in April 2022: https://kyeemafoundation.org/pinuwomentraining/

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Come on a meditative musical interlude with our Master Coral Gardener Kevin Egu in Tubusereia in PNG. Kevin created this video to show us what he and his community are doing to save and restore their precious coral reef ecosystems. What a great way to bring the community together and take action for climate change resilience and future food security. Read more about our DFAT ANCP project in PNG here. 

ETHIOPIA: A specific focus of our nutrition, health and livelihoods work is the creation of female-led programs empowering women in sustainable ND control. Ethiopian Master Trainer Dr Etsegenet Tekeba has been integral to trialing a model of public-private partnership for poultry health in the country.  Read more about our DFAT ANCP project in Ethiopia here. 

FIJI: Austin Bowden-Kerby from Corals for Conservation in Fiji who is our main partner on the Nature-based solutions project in the Pacific. Together we are helping  indigenous marine scientists to restore compromised reef ecosystems (and linked mangrove habitats) and maintain the protective climate-related services they provide through propagation of heat tolerant corals in established nurseries. Here he talks about new coral coral reef restoration paradigms based on lessons learned in accelerating natural adaptation and recovery processes.

NORTH SEA: George Birch from Oyster Heaven who won the 2021 Challenge Fund theme on ‘Valuing Nature’ updates from the field. It is hoped this technology will be able to be used to accelerate oyster reef habitat rehabilitation for conservation globally, particularly in places where government funding for such work is limited and/or resources are limited. Read about how Oyster Heaven is helping food and home building industries enter into in a new circular economy.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Kyeema staff Carl Ume and Eliza Smith recently applied for the Zayed Sustainability Prize for our work building an inclusive native chicken value chain in PNG. Carl is managing our DFAT supported Climate Resilient by Nature project with World Wildlife Fund in the Pacific. Eliza is the Kyeema Technical Manager and MEL Lead and is looking forward to featuring more Champion Voices from across our portfolio of supported projects!

MALAWI: Community vaccinators sing in happiness to receive bicycles that will help them expand their business as community poultry health workers – reaching more locations! Pat Boland – an Australian veterinarian who lives and works in Malawi for our key partner Rural Poultry Centre – made sure he captured this joyous moment.

Elena

“Kyeema is a valued partner to us and manages Palladium’s giving platform. It is rewarding for me to have the chance to contribute to the operationalization of Kyeema’s new Strategic Plan, which among other objectives aims to become the Foundation of choice by corporate partners like us by making an efficient, engaging, impactful use of funds.”

Dr Coleta

“Working in the field training vaccinators is a very interesting aspect of the project. As a veterinarian, it is my role to share knowledge acquired with others and it becomes satisfying .”

Nhi

“I love working with the wide range of staff, experts and volunteers at Kyeema. They are the most inspiring people with great business ideas, strategies and plans that drive Kyeema to be a successful non-for-profit.”
Ali

Ali is a retired agricultural project officer based in Queensland and is the key instigator behind our work in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Dr Rosa

"I practically followed the birth and growth of Kyeema Foundation, and became passionate not only for the work that Kyeema does but also for the seriousness and professionalism of the team.”

Melissa

“For me personally, the thought of food security being an issue in PNG was eye opening. I grew up in PNG with an abundance of fresh produce being sold at the markets and it never crossed my mind that we were having an ongoing issue with food security.”

Amedio

We want to thank Amedio for the hard work and immense input into the development of the village chicken farm hub at Vanapa in Central Province.

Grace

“I will work with Kyeema to set up my own breeding flock at home in Param Village in Raba Raba District, Milne Bay Province”

Luisa

“I am very satisfied with the support given to me by Kyeema. My life has improved considerably”

Tracy

“I enjoy working with the farmers, particularly in helping them to digitize the marketing process and overcome some of the challenges of the middlemen, who exploit farmers by buying their commodities at a cheaper price and selling it at a very high price”

Lizzie

“The vaccination work gives me an income so I can afford some of the basics like food and consumables."

Mariana

"I am very happy to be a vaccinator because I am increasing my own flock size and I am getting some money to buy salt, soap and other small things"

Kevin

“ I am looking forward to planning together to expand our work [with village chickens and coral reef restoration], the first of its’ kind in PNG and the Pacific”
Village Champion Mafalda

Mafalda

"I feel proud to be a vaccinator because I see the benefit of vaccinating the chickens and most of my neighbours already know me”
Village Champion Judith

Judith

"I eat chicken meat much more frequently than I used to and I sell many more chickens these days"
Village Champion Elinati

Elinati

"If it were not for that grass roots enthusiasm, our work would be much more difficult"

Victoria

"I am keen to continue with the work of vaccinating chickens, not just because it brings a small income but because it is recognised and appreciated by chicken owners generally"

Adelia

"I am happy to be a community vaccinator"

Caciano

"During the March 2017 vaccination campaign, I vaccinated 2,150 chickens and received a small income plus 5 kg of beans"

Adelaide

"Mine and my neighbours’ chickens used to die a lot - mainly during the months of July and August"
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