Leadia Soymilk Project

View the pictures beginning from below upwards. The pictures show the process it took us to make soy milk. The first picture here shows members pounding soy using motors and pestles, second- adding water, third- sieving, Fourth-boiling, fifth- members observing the process, sixth-tea being served.



The Leadia Soy milk Project

In Uganda, milk is synonymous to cows. When Leadia team learned about other sources of milk, we were reluctant to share it with the members of the fifty families that have just harvested soy.However, following our resolve for innovative change to boost people choices, we decided to introduce the soy milk project. Following our instinct that actions are better than words, we were convinced that a practical demonstration of how to make soy milk would do the magic. And that is what happened. By the end of the day, family representatives who turned up to participate in the demonstration of how to make soy milk were very impressed and kept on asking, how can 1.5 kilogram of soy produce enough milk to make tea for 59 people? One member summed up the experience, "a miracle unfolded before our very eyes, but why did it take us long to discover that soy is a source of milk? Other members could not hide their excitement and amazement: "soy milk is easier to access than buying a cow"; give me a break, you mean milk is hidden in soy; it is real milk, you missed it; soy is going to be part of my family forever".
Milestone: One of the goals of leadia is to stir up the ingenuity and creativity of our people to maximize their potential and multiple the values of their resources at hand. The soy project has opened the floodgates to this dream. Members have realized that they need to explore new possible uses of the resources they have and how to improve upon their values. So far, we have discovered that if we get a milk processor, we can maximize milk production to cater for the nutritional needs of children and the community at large.

The Impact: As a result, many more families have decided to plant soy to improve upon their potentials, health and savings. This is a boost to our dream.

Although there are many major giants on our way, we are confident that the ingenuity and creativity of our people that the soy milk miracle has unlocked to maximize their potential and multiple the values of their resources at hand will overcome them all. Please, pray for us and support us in whichever way you can whenever you are able. Share with us any idea/information you have about this project.

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