Widows’ porridge from unwanted weed keeps men trickling in

Men scrambling for porridge made out of amaranth popularly known as Ododo which is planted by SIATOK Widows and Orphans group from Kadianga, Nyakach in Kisumu County. Through value addition, the group makes money from the crop to take care of the orphans. PHOTO BY RUSHDIE OUDIA

Pushed by the desire to provide nutritious food for their children and at the same time generate income, a women’s group in Nyakach has found an ingenious way to turn a popular weed into a money minting plant.

While many farmers abhor weeds, Siatok Widows and Orphans Group from Kadiang’a in Nyakach, Kisumu County, has come up with a way of making optimum use from the otherwise unwanted plant.