Every day, the Roosboom Halfway House welcomes around 60 disadvantaged children from the township, offering them a warm and comforting meal after school. In the centre’s small kitchen, Lulu and Fisani carefully prepare balanced meals based on pap — the … Read More
The ‘Friends of the Vegetable Garden box set’ was designed by the Designing Hope Association as an educational tool to support its activities in France, Southern Africa and West Africa.This video shows how beneficiaries in Southern Africa have embraced these … Read More
Around Dawady, the vegetable gardens set up in the surrounding villages are beginning to yield their first harvests. Under the coordination of Malik and Abdourahmane, who are in charge of the Dawady community garden, women from the five villages involvedvhave … Read More
For the children at Handiscole’s inclusive Petits Princes school in Rufisque (Senegal), tending the vegetable garden on the school’s roof terrace is an enjoyable activity that gives them the satisfaction ofcontributing to its astonishing productivity. Installed in 2022 by Designing … Read More
The AND DIMBALANTE women’s market gardening network in Popenguine, supported by the Nebeday association, brings together 67 women, each responsible for an individual garden comprising several growing beds, covering a total of 3 hectares. Since 2024, The Ivory Foundation has … Read More
Today, the children at Bercy primary schools discovered an exciting new board game. It’s called Clover! In this game, they have to use their creativity and logic to find combinations of vegetables and fruit. Each card they place on their … Read More
During the summer, the tipi in the Villiot garden is covered with climbing beans and squash. With no vegetation left over the winter, we decided to bring it back to life by transforming it into a Christmas tree! We organised … Read More
Designing Hope has mobilised all the children who benefit from the Villiot garden to transform the potager’s tepee into a Christmas tree. This morning, 8 children from the Villiot crèche contributed to the project by decorating bread apples with red … Read More
Broad beans are one of the few crops that have to be sown in late autumn.Their large seeds are easy for the children to plant, and in a few days they will be able to see the shoots emerge…Another advantage … Read More
Keyhole of the Traversine Villiot gardenThe Traversine Villiot garden now has a new feature: a keyhole garden.It features a central composter, whose decomposing elements will feed the circular growing tray that surrounds it.This is a new educational space for the … Read More
