With the support of our partner agrosemens, we brought new seeds to start a new nursery in Yagma. The youngsters helped the gardener to sow peppers, aubergines and tomatoes in the clods prepared with the clod maker. Other trays were … Read More
To fill the trays of culture of the garden of the school of the Petits Princes in Rufisque, we used several organic components. First, we went to a vacant lot of land in the neighborhood to find tree branches that … Read More
We chose to use recuperation bins for the plantations. For that, we contacted the company Proplast, a Senegalese specialist in plastic recycling. We ordered 400 jerry cans of different sizes, cut in half. Depending on their depth, they will be … Read More
Cultivating trays have been prepared using damaged plastic jerrycans. The containers have been cut in two to create two trays of 40 X 30 cm. These trays will then be placed on a three-tiered shelf that can be protected with … Read More
The roof terrace of the Petits Princes school in Rufisque has an area of 60 m². In order to optimize this small surface and to increase the production of vegetables, we imagined metal structures allowing cultivation on 4 levels. The … Read More
Following the exhibition “Nature en Ville” with the children of the Petits Princes school in Rufisque, Designing Hope made a memory game. It was particularly appreciated by the children, as recognising their friends helps them remember the location of the … 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
A new tool was put into practice in Yagma, the clod maker which allows compacting the soil in a cube of 5cm of side in order to carry out seedlings without using plastic cups difficult to find locally. To do … Read More
Gouloumbou is the second production site of the seed project launched in Senegal by The Ivory Foundation. Pape, the greenhouse’s production manager, has had a good harvest for this first growing season. Unfortunately, the greenhouse was hit by an attack … 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
