Little Gardeners project started when in December 2018, the home was visited by a volunteer, Jana. She noticed that the home has an unused plot suitable for a vegetable garden.

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The next day, Jana and the children started turning the plot into a vegetable garden. They raked the soil, planted seedlings and seeds, bought watering cans and started watering it. They planted high-yield nutritious local vegetables such as sukuma-wiki, amaranth, and spinach.

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The deal was that if the children take care of the garden, they would continue receiving presents, supply of yogurt. Lo behold, little gardeners were born.

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Instead of their lives being solely dependent of donations, the children are learning a reciprocal relation of giving and receiving. While the are gaining new skills, they are becoming empowered,  proud and strong.