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
Boulel is one of four villages supported by The Ivory Foundation in setting up market gardens around Dawady. The vegetable garden, established in 2025, now enables many women in the village to be involved in vegetable production. In this remote … 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
In the vegetable garden, women often use recycled water jerry cans for watering. With the sun and heat, these cans eventually become brittle and disintegrate, and some are left abandoned in the plots.Rather than throwing them away, we have chosen … 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
At the inclusive Handiscole school in Rufisque (Senegal), the educational garden set up by Designing Hope has become a place of discovery and learning for the pupils. Every week, the children help to water the planters made from recycled materials. … Read More
This crop is an important resource for the farm’s young people: easy to sell on the local market, it is easier to store than fruit, which can all ripen at the same time. To maximize their value, harvests are staggered. … Read More
Before planting the seedlings produced in the nursery, the women in charge of the Roosboom Halfway House vegetable garden take care to enrich the soil to ensure good growth for the future plants. Fisani, who is in charge of the … Read More
In Roosboom, the vegetable garden team – now made up of four women and two men from the township – works several mornings a week alongside Fisani, who is in charge of the project. After the harvest, a new essential … Read More
At Halfway House Roosboom in South Africa, a new step has been taken to improve water management in the vegetable garden. Following the installation of an automatic watering system connected to the pumping system set up with the support of … Read More
