𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬
What began as a simple gardening activity has turned into a story of self-reliance and change.
Six school clubs, 240 students and 12 teachers, guided by our program lead and her team, learned how to plant and nurture crops using climate-smart methods. Seedlings sprouted, the soil came alive, and hope grew alongside the vegetables.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
As the vegetables matured, students began selling their fresh produce to teachers, school staff, and visitors. Each school safely stored the earnings in bright savings boxes provided by GRI. These were not just for storage, but a promise.
A promise that these gardens can sustain themselves without relying on donors.
A promise of new seeds, stronger tools, and more climate-smart projects in the future.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬:
• Self-reliance can grow from a handful of seeds.
• Teamwork makes gardens and communities flourish.
• Young people, given the chance, can lead real change.
This is more than agriculture.
It is a step toward food security.
It is a movement, and it is just getting started.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.