Peo­ple who live in the slums of Kenya have taken to pig feed to keep from starv­ing. Giant sacks of the pig feed called “Pol­lard” can be had for very lit­tle money.

Slum dwellers will mix the pig feed with a lit­tle bit of grain to make a bread. Although it keeps the peo­ple from starv­ing it does give them diar­rhea and stom­achaches, for the pig food… isn’t really meant for humans.

From this Daily Nation arti­cle that we found at All Africa, reporter Muchiri Karanja describes the use of the pig feed. You can also click on the link to the arti­cle for pig feed cook­ing tips!

Pol­lard — the brand name for ani­mal feed nor­mally fed to cat­tle and pigs — is eas­ily avail­able in shops for Sh1,200 per 90-kilogramme bag, com­pared to Sh3,000 for maize and Sh4,000 for wheat flour.

Now the ani­mal feed has become a sta­ple food in Nyeri’s poverty rav­aged slum vil­lages of Muringato, Cha­nia, Math­ari and Githuri, where relief food is rare.

“The last time they brought relief food here was a month ago. I got three tins of maize and two of beans. They ran out within a week,” said 65-year-old Zipo­rah Wangari.

The slum dwellers say, that unlike the relief food that runs out quickly, the ani­mal feed comes in larger quan­ti­ties, and at a cheaper price.

“One sack of Pol­lard feeds six fam­i­lies for more than a week,” says 35-year-old sin­gle mother, Jane Wan­jiru. She does odd jobs in town to feed her four children.

“We con­tribute Sh200 each. Then we send some­one to the ani­mal feed shop,” con­fessed Jane.

At the ani­mal feed shop, no ques­tions are asked. The shop owner, they say, has no idea that the pig food he sells actu­ally goes to feed human beings.

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Peo­ple who live in the slums of Kenya have taken to pig feed to keep from starv­ing. Giant sacks of the pig feed called “Pol­lard” can be had for very lit­tle money.

Slum dwellers will mix the pig feed with a lit­tle bit of grain to make a bread. Although it keeps the peo­ple from starv­ing it does give them diar­rhea and stom­achaches, for the pig food… isn’t really meant for humans.

From this Daily Nation arti­cle that we found at All Africa, reporter Muchiri Karanja describes the use of the pig feed. You can also click on the link to the arti­cle for pig feed cook­ing tips!

Pol­lard — the brand name for ani­mal feed nor­mally fed to cat­tle and pigs — is eas­ily avail­able in shops for Sh1,200 per 90-kilogramme bag, com­pared to Sh3,000 for maize and Sh4,000 for wheat flour.

Now the ani­mal feed has become a sta­ple food in Nyeri’s poverty rav­aged slum vil­lages of Muringato, Cha­nia, Math­ari and Githuri, where relief food is rare.

“The last time they brought relief food here was a month ago. I got three tins of maize and two of beans. They ran out within a week,” said 65-year-old Zipo­rah Wangari.

The slum dwellers say, that unlike the relief food that runs out quickly, the ani­mal feed comes in larger quan­ti­ties, and at a cheaper price.

“One sack of Pol­lard feeds six fam­i­lies for more than a week,” says 35-year-old sin­gle mother, Jane Wan­jiru. She does odd jobs in town to feed her four children.

“We con­tribute Sh200 each. Then we send some­one to the ani­mal feed shop,” con­fessed Jane.

At the ani­mal feed shop, no ques­tions are asked. The shop owner, they say, has no idea that the pig food he sells actu­ally goes to feed human beings.

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