YEAR OF THE GARDEN!

 

 

 

1,000 GARDENS IN AFRICA is an initiative of Slow Foods International, and they have agreed to partner with us to build a garden at our sister school!

 

Slow Foods is an international organization committed to teaching people the value of eating locally and preserving the integrity of the land and culture where food is grown.  Slow Foods is dedicated to:

·         Protecting the environment

·         Defending food biodiversity through sustainable agriculture

·         Supporting small-scale food producers and valuing their traditional knowledge.

 

Our goal is to help Buppala School sustain their own lunch program through organic gardening.  To that end, we are working with 1,000 Gardens in Africa to build a garden on the school property.  Last week, our friend, guide and mentor, Joanne Trangle, travelled to Buppala School with our engineer, Moses Bagonza, to plan the implementation of the garden this summer.  They delivered some gardening tools to demonstrate our good intentions and to help the villagers begin preparing the land for cultivation.  The school has dedicated four acres for this garden.

 

Anyone who is interested in assisting with this effort is invited to join us in building the garden in Uganda.  It will be two weeks of working in the village alongside the community to initiate a life-changing sustainable garden project.  If you are interested, contact Jodi Sabra, or visit

Kuchanga Travel  for details.  We are leaving as soon as school is over in June.

We will be working hard this spring raising money to continue lunches for almost 1000 children now, and also will be fundraising for the garden. If you or anyone you know has any great ideas for fundraising, please let us know.  We would love for as many people to be involved as possible!

 Meanwhile, learn more about the  1000 Gardens project here:  1,000 Gardens in Africa

Check it out! It is a really cool movement!  We will be utilizing these resources to help the students at Radnor and Buppala Schools gain a better understanding of where their food comes from and how it is grown. It will also be interesting for them to see how people live and grow food in Uganda.

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