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| Sr. Margaret |
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1/20/2004
7:28:00 PM
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Sr. Margaret Ogunlade is the Administrator of Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre. The Centre is located in Lala Village near Abeokuta in Ogun State, Nigeria. The miracle of integrated agriculture is that waste from one process becomes the input to another.
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Breathtaking view |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:58:22 AM
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As you drive through the property, the views are breathtaking.
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| Another view of the land |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/22/2003
8:03:29 AM
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Great things will grow here. Imagine yourself picking ripe fruits and vegetables.
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Guest House |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:22:34 AM
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This is the Guest House at Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre.
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| The Convent |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:36:21 AM
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The convent at Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre is under construction.
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Group shot in the convent |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:34:08 AM
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Sr. Angeles (visiting from Ethiopia), Mr. Cornelius, Sr. Loretto, Katrina, Sr. Fanta (visiting from Ethiopia), Sr. Margaret and Sr. Cecilia (Province Leader). Sisters Loretto and Margaret work at the Centre.
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| Temporary convent |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
9:51:47 AM
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This is the house in the village of Abeokuta that currently serves as the convent where Sr. Margaret, Sr. Martina and Sr. Loretto live. Once the Agricultural Centre is fenced and secured, they plan to move onto the property.
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Staff quarters |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:29:39 AM
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Staff quarters at the Agricultural Centre are under construction.
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| Borehole |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:30:34 AM
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First borehole at Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre. Plans call for five boreholes to be drilled to serve the centre.
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Borehole and well |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:30:45 AM
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Five boreholes and four wells will serve the water needs of the Integrated Agricultural Centre.
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| Water tanks |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:21:44 AM
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These water tanks will be elevated and once the piping is installed will serve the Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre.
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Chicken House |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
10:40:05 AM
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The newly constructed chicken house at Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre.
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| Chicks at home |
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1/20/2004
7:29:15 PM
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Three varieties of chicks, yellow, brown and black, love their new home in the Chicken House. There's plenty of room for them to grow.
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Broilers |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
11:30:22 AM
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On an interim basis, the broilers and layers are being raised on the Bishop's property in town.
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| Layers |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
11:29:05 AM
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Also on the Bishop's property, these layers are busy doing their job...laying eggs.
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Security for the layers and broilers |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
11:27:31 AM
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These are the two gentlemen who guard the layers and broilers on the Bishop's property.
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| Rabbitry |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
9:52:13 AM
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This smale scale rabbitry is located in the yard of the temporary convent in the village. Plans envision a larger rabbitry at the Agricultural Centre.
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Rabbits |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
9:52:01 AM
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Here's a close up of the rabbits.
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| Sr. Margaret and Sr. Loretto |
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PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003
11:32:04 AM
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Sr. Margaret Ogunlade and Sr. Loretto Okwaraji work at the Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre. Sr. Martina Ukwa, who also works at the Centre, was traveling.
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