DairyPost Africa Magazine_ May. 2014 | Page 14

14 DairyPost Africa • May 2014 Taita dairy group milks profits thanks to Brookside Dairy HOLINESS MAVILA is chairperson of the highly successful Mwafuga Dairy Group in Kenya’s Taita Taveta County. She attributes her group’s growth to a lasting partnership with Brookside Dairy. Mavila spoke to WILSON OKONG’O “When we mooted the idea of the dairy group back in 2009, we had a singular objective in our mind: to enhance the standards of living of the farming households atop the Taita Hills. “We set off with about 80 members, and we would deliver our milk to Brookside Dairy as individua