As part of a District wide campaign to encourage a higher consumption of fruit and vegetables we are carrying out an Eat Greens campaign. People make co-operative groups. These groups apply for free vegetable seeds, some traditional and some imported, from Adelante Africa. They make communal nursery beds from which each member of the group can take seedlings to grow at their homesteads. When their projects are successful and they have plenty of green vegetables, they are asked to donate some of these to the children of the Omwaana Tugende Children’s Home.

Communal seed beds

Greens for lunch!

Harvesting greens in the children's Home

One of the mothers group with their communal seed beds

Seedlings ready to be transplanted

Vegetable garden at the Children's Home

Cauliflower and cabbage at the Children's Home

Group of mothers and grandmothers planning their Greens project

Leek at the children's Home

Swiss chard at the Children's Home