Joshua Mhembere's story

Joshua Mhembere of Shumba District had his child sick and he went house to house asking for funds to take his child to hospital. This continued up until the son got better and he was left in debt.

He was tired of owing people money and he did not have peace of mind up until he decided to do something about it.

When Help from Germany came in with the egg production project and the Mhembere household took it upon themselves to be beneficiaries in the project with the little funds they had left.

Perpetual Nyabadza, Joshua Mhembere’s wife and 4 children adopted the Farming as a family business (FaFB) approach in their egg business after acquiring the information about the FaFB model in a workshop before they received project material.

“I am my own man, I have all I need and I do not owe anyone anything,” said Mhembere. “this my independence I owe it to the whole family as we worked and still work as a family with the young children fetching water whenever they are free from school.,” He added.

According to Mhembere for a business to be successful there is need for family trust and unit of purpose in working together so that the business grows.

Mhembere also stated that: “you do not need more than 30 birds to change your life, even with the 30 a lot can be acquired if one fully dedicates all their time and little resources.”

Nyabadza noted that for a new farmer who wants to start a business like theirs it needs a person who is ever willing to sacrifice a lot of time aside to monitor the project and there is need for unity amongst family members so that there is unity in the business.