Growing beds in the Malanti greenhouse
The Garden of Skills greenhouse provides a protected space for growing crops, complementing the nursery area.
Maintenance of the Garden of Skills vegetable garden
Every day, the four women in charge of the Garden of Skills vegetable garden maintain the crops grown on this one-hectare plot of land. Transplanting, weeding, watering, hoeing, sowing… the tasks are many and varied, so as to make the … Read More
Nursery maintenance at the Garden of Skills, Eswatini
In order to have a vegetable garden full of vegetables throughout the seasons, it’s crucial to have a well-organized nursery that regularly produces the plants needed to line the garden beds, in addition to the species planted directly in the … Read More
Crop bed maintenance at the Garden of Skills, Eswatini
The women in charge of the vegetable garden at the Garden of Skills in Malanti, Eswatini, work their beds according to the principle of crop associations.In this way, the beds are never empty, crops are harvested according to kitchen needs, … Read More
Maintenance of cultivation beds
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The four women in charge of the vegetable garden at the Garden of Skills water the beds every morning, and the method of combining crops and harvesting them gradually means that the beds are never empty. The women replace vegetables … Read More
Maintenance of the community garden, Malanti, Eswatini
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Every day, the women take turns maintaining the Malanti community garden. Part of the Garden of Skills, this 2,000m2 plot of cultivated land is open to the women of the Malanti community, who each benefit from 3 plots of land. … Read More
Preparing the nurseries
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The women at the Garden of Skills have prepared a sieved mixture of soil, compost, manure and biochar to enrich the seedling trays in their nursery and prepare new seedlings for spring. Seedlings are sown in plastic trays and cups, … Read More
Transplantings at the Mandala
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Fezile, who is in charge of the vegetable garden at the Garden of Skills, has started transplanting the celery plants grown in the greenhouse. The opportunity to fill the Mandala, a flower-shaped garden located at the entrance to the center, … Read More
Partnership with Keit
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Keit has been supporting Designing Hope with its sewing projects for 10 years. This year, it has provided the association with dozens of medical outfits for distribution in its areas of action. While most were distributed to Piggs Peak Hospital, … Read More
Making bags for Cemag Care
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The women in the sewing workshop were commissioned by Cemag-Care to make Tote bags bearing the message ‘My period, my period’, a message from this innovative laboratory committed to helping women with difficult and heavy periods and contraception. The collaboration … Read More