After weeks of patience and care, the children were delighted to transplant the young plants grown from the seeds they had sown themselves during winter. The seedlings have now been planted in the raised containers of the Traversine Bercy garden, … Read More
During a training day bringing together women from the Popenguine market gardening area with teams from Nebeday and The Ivory Foundation, the focus was on setting up and managing a nursery in the greenhouse.This practical training session, which was filmed … Read More
During a recent monitoring mission in Senegal, near the small village of Dawady, the Designing Hope team discovered an astonishing calebash growing on the roof of a traditional house. In many parts of West Africa, these gourds are harvested, dried … Read More
In Dawady, the farm set up in 2018 by The Ivory Foundation, near the health centre, combines two complementary areas: a shared garden open to nearly 150 women in this small, very isolated town in eastern Senegal, and a garden … Read More
In the greenhouse of the Popenguine women’s collective’s market gardening area, cucumbers were sown directly in the greenhouse on growing beds using the hole technique. The pockets are staggered, about 50 cm apart. This method involves loosening the soil in … Read More
To improve the organisation and distribution of locally produced seeds, a precision scale has been made available to the various seed projects. This tool will make it easier to weigh harvests and prepare batches for storage or distribution. This equipment … Read More
The nursery school children continued their sowing activity, this time focusing on turnips.The seeds used came from our partner Agrosemens, a loyal supporter of the educational programme.After observing the small black turnip seeds, the children carefully sowed them in the … Read More
This week, children from Bercy Primary School took part in a sowing workshop in the educational garden at La Traversine Bercy.Under the guidance of the Designing Hope team, the children began by preparing the substrate: a mixture of sifted soil … Read More
The five women in charge of vegetable production are currently preparing the nursery for the coming spring in southern Africa. They are working the soil, selecting the seeds and starting the first sowings. At the same time, they are continuing … Read More
At the Saint-Paul School for the Deaf in Leribe, Lesotho, a sowing activity was organised with the youngest pupils. Under the coordination of Tsephane, head of the educational farm, six agricultural students first prepared the plots. The children then took … Read More
