As every Wednesday morning, the team of Designing Hope animates a compost activity with the Bercy preschool children. Two by two, the children cut fruit and vegetable peelings into small pieces and place them in the compost bins. From time … Read More
For the women who have a large enough plot of land to start production in the open ground, the fourth day of training was devoted to the creation of growing beds. 19 women attended this session. Using the Yagma garden … Read More
During the third training session on agro-ecological techniques financed by The Ivory Foundation at the Yagma garden, the women created above-ground cultivation trays using used tyres. They mixed potting soil and manure to fill the tyres, which were then converted into growing … Read More
While waiting for the compost to be ready, the women made a fertile mixture of soil, plant debris and manure to line the metal containers of the above-ground structure during the second training session. This technique can be used by … Read More
The Lauris preschool children discovered the principle of the compost in the Grand Potager of the Domaine de Fontenille. The children took turns cutting fruit and vegetable peelings into small pieces and throwing them into the compost. This activity allows … Read More
For the first training session financed by The Ivory Foundation, the agroforestry technician working in the Yagma garden made compost with the women of the neighbourhood. The principle consists of digging a 3 by 1 meter bed to a depth … Read More
The bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager of the Domaine de Fontenille is an essential tool at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, to prepare the seedlings, protected from the last frosts. It saves several precious weeks … Read More
Three big basins were bought on the market to make compost. To feed it, the children of the Petits Princes school in Rufisque went to collect branches, cardboard and leaves of shrubs on a vacant lot near the school. To … Read More
After collecting branches and cutting them into small pieces, the children at the Petits Princes school in Rufisque spread them out in the bottom of plastic recycling bins to form a water reserve. They then fill the bins with a … Read More
The greenhouse of Bala is part of the seed production programme developed in Senegal by The Ivory Foundation on three sites. Abdourahmane, who is in charge of the Bala greenhouse, has obtained very encouraging results for this first season for … Read More
