Designing Hope has provided the Petits Princes school in Rufisque with new educational games for children, including memory games on vegetables and insects useful in the garden. These games, tested with the youngest pupils, have been very well received, enriching … Read More
In Dawady, a small town 1.5 hours by track from Tambacounda in eastern Senegal, the community garden set up in 2018 by The Ivory Foundation next to the local health center fulfills two objectives:It hosts 150 women in a large … Read More
The “wintering” period is not the most favorable for seed production, with its heavy rains favoring the development of diseases such as mildew.Abdhouramane, the man in charge of the Bala garden, has nevertheless maintained a varied production during this period, … Read More
In Dawady, eastern Senegal, the community garden installed by The Ivory Foundation next to the health center is coming back to life after the well was overburdened.As the water level had dropped, the well had to be deepened by a … Read More
The rainy season began 1 month ago in the Tambacounda region, and the landscape has undergone a metamorphosis…. The arid expanses have given way to cultivated fields, to produce cereals for 3 months that will be stored for the following … Read More
Designing Hope has provided educational games based around vegetables, which are particularly popular with the children at the Rufisque school. Joseph is in charge of these classroom activities, as well as working directly on the school roof to water and … Read More
Several times a week, children from the Handiscole school in Rufisque help to maintain the vegetable garden installed by Designing Hope on the school’s roof terrace. Joseph, the gardener, accompanies the children along with their teachers.
A series of manuals on nutrition, published by The Ivory Foundation, has been distributed to the gardens funded by The Ivory Foundation in Senegal. The manuals stress the importance of a balanced diet, and encourage women to grow a variety … Read More
Ndioum is one of the 20 villages visited by Bala’s mobile team in eastern Senegal. The Ivory Foundation financed the creation of a shared vegetable garden for the women of the village. This plot has been fenced off to protect … Read More
Every day, the children of the inclusive school of the Petits Princes in Rufisque, accompanied by their teachers and Joseph, the person in charge of the garden, take part in the watering and maintenance of the planters.
