Holy Child Agriculture Project
Sr. Margaret
Sr. Margaret

1/20/2004 7:28:00 PM

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.

Breathtaking view
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:58:22 AM

As you drive through the property, the views are breathtaking.

Breathtaking view
Another view of the land
Another view of the land
PENTAX Optio S
11/22/2003 8:03:29 AM

Great things will grow here. Imagine yourself picking ripe fruits and vegetables.

Guest House
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:22:34 AM

This is the Guest House at Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre.

Guest House
The Convent
The Convent
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:36:21 AM

The convent at Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre is under construction.

Group shot in the convent
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:34:08 AM

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.

Group shot in the convent
Temporary convent
Temporary convent
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 9:51:47 AM

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.

Staff quarters
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:29:39 AM

Staff quarters at the Agricultural Centre are under construction.

Staff quarters
Borehole
Borehole
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:30:34 AM

First borehole at Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre. Plans call for five boreholes to be drilled to serve the centre.

Borehole and well
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:30:45 AM

Five boreholes and four wells will serve the water needs of the Integrated Agricultural Centre.

Borehole and well
Water tanks
Water tanks
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:21:44 AM

These water tanks will be elevated and once the piping is installed will serve the Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre.

Chicken House
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 10:40:05 AM

The newly constructed chicken house at Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre.

Chicken House
Chicks at home
Chicks at home

1/20/2004 7:29:15 PM

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.

Broilers
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 11:30:22 AM

On an interim basis, the broilers and layers are being raised on the Bishop's property in town.

Broilers
Layers
Layers
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 11:29:05 AM

Also on the Bishop's property, these layers are busy doing their job...laying eggs.

Security for the layers and broilers
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 11:27:31 AM

These are the two gentlemen who guard the layers and broilers on the Bishop's property.

Security for the layers and broilers
Rabbitry
Rabbitry
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 9:52:13 AM

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.

Rabbits
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 9:52:01 AM

Here's a close up of the rabbits.

Rabbits
Sr. Margaret and Sr. Loretto
Sr. Margaret and Sr. Loretto
PENTAX Optio S
11/24/2003 11:32:04 AM

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.