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
Children from the Halfway House in Roosboom (South Africa) had the opportunity to exchange with those from the Bercy School, as part of the educational garden bridge initiative set up by Designing Hope. After several video exchanges, during which everyone … Read More
We’ve done it! After several weeks of workshops with the children to make Christmas decorations from plants, the big day of hanging them on the tree has arrived!In addition to the stars formed with little fir branches and the multicoloured … Read More
As part of the Christmas workshops, the children worked on small wooden discs measuring 5 to 7 cm in diameter and approximately 5 mm thick.Each disc became a blank canvas for creativity: the children decorated both sides, giving free rein … Read More
We invited a group of 12 children from the Bercy school, accompanied by Designing Hope during their after-school hours, to discover the Transgardens exhibition — games and vegetable gardens bridging Africa at the Instantanée Galerie. The exhibition features the “Coffret … Read More
Christmas preparations continue at the Traversine nursery, this time with the creation of original greeting cards!The children discovered the technique of fingerprinting, a simple and fun approach that puts creativity at their fingertips.Using stylised fir tree drawings made with black … Read More
À l’approche des fêtes, le jardin de la Traversine reprend ses couleurs de Noël ! Comme chaque année, les enfants participent à la préparation de décorations végétales qui viendront embellir le sapin installé dans le jardin.Cette fois-ci, c’est un sapin stylisé … Read More
At La Traversine Bercy, nursery school children enjoyed a wonderful gardening experience: harvesting the carrots they had sown last spring in growing boxes.After several months of care and observation, they were finally able to gently pull their orange roots out … Read More
In the garden at La Traversine Bercy, nursery school children took part in a game of vegetable memory, with cards showing vegetables in their ‘open’ and ‘closed’ states laid out on a large table in the garden.This game is part … Read More
This week, primary school pupils in Bercy made small paper windmills to brighten up the Traversine garden. Each child began by decorating a square of paper, painted on both sides with bright colours. Once the creations were finished, the sheets … Read More
