The Fruitful Vine
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About Us
A Videira Frutífera (The Fruitful Vine) is in Pemba Metuge’s district close to 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. He also pastors a church that is currently involved in clearing and preparing land for crops, and clearing brush to prevent forest fires.
**After Cyclone Chido in 2024 some of the farm’s plants and poultry as well as some houses were destroyed. The farm is still working to repair damage sustained. **
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Mission
We want to be able to consistently employ many Mozambican refugees with the farm. This would mean that the farm could have livestock, chickens, crops, etc., as well as fruit-bearing trees, to benefit the community where the diets lack a lot of nutrition. We want to use the money from the farm to build houses; some for the refugees, some for orphans, and some for missionaries who will work at the farm or center. We also have the goal to become self-sustaining; using the money gained from farming to pay the workers, support the church and buy everything necessary to farm. The overarching goal with all of this is to be a place where Jesus’ love can be taught and experienced and the kingdom of God can be advanced.
Background
We are a Mozambican-American family with four children, serving Jesus. We reside in the USA and have connections through family and friends in Mozambique. After seeing firsthand the vast needs of the refugee crises in Northern Mozambique, we felt God calling us to buy a plot of land and start a farm in order to help. The land is in Naminaue (1 hour’s drive from Pemba, Northern Mozambique). Now we also have a thriving church in the refugee village that our farm manager, Jorge, is pastoring. This church is closely connected with the farm. We have felt God calling us to various fields of mission in the future and these spaces seem to be the perfect place for many of those fields to merge: education, children’s homes, missionary training, farming, etc. We bought the first section of farmland on the 28th of September, 2021 and the second portion was purchased in 2023. We have started off with just a few dislocated families farming for their own benefit, planting a few crops and some fruit trees.
Partner with Us
Monthly Needs
Currently the monthly salary that we pay for the farm workers’ families is $444. Presently we have monthly supporters that cover $350. We would like to be able to hire another farmer full time at $100 per month bringing our costs up to $544. You can partner with us monthly to help continue providing for the families that are already employed and add another family.
Projects
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Fencing around the farm
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Construction of the church
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Water tanks
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Construction of houses
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More plants for farm
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Preparation for animals
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Salaries for more workers
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Tools for workers
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Furnishings for houses
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Water filters
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Road building
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Land clearing
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Government documents/ taxes
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Reformation of water sources
Donate
We send any donations we receive to buy things to grow the farm. So far some things that have been accomplished purchased through donation money are: constructions of some houses, land purchased for the church to meet, a Berkey water filter, 2 water pumps, and some fruit trees. One time donations will be used for purchasing more items that the farm or funding future needs.