Square Foot Gardening in Keyna
Dear Rose,
 
It sounds like you are continuing to do wonderful work!  This past February I was blessed to be able to travel to Kenya to begin a couple of different Square Foot Gardening projects.  While there, we started SFG gardens in two different slums.  One was at the Hands With Hope Safe House where approximately 20 orphans are housed.  At times, they were only able to eat every other day because of lack of food.  Now, with the gardens, they have plenty to eat and as they add more and more boxes, they hope to be able to sell the excess to raise money. 
 
At another slum in Nairobi, we taught Mama Lucy Odipo how to have a garden.  It is amazing what they have accomplished in a short time.  The area used for the garden was littered with "flying toilets" which are plastic grocery sacks used as toilets and then just tossed anywhere.  Mama Lucy cleaned up the area, fenced it and was ready when we arrived.  She is now growing a garden there to feed the children of the Little Bees school she started.  They are thrilled to be able to do this and are now reaching beyond their immediate area in the slum to clean up surrounding areas. 
 
This brief synopsis just scratches the surface of the story.  If you are interested, I'd be glad to write it up and send you pictures.
 
Thanks,
Karen Bastow
SFG Foundation

 

Note:  Karen is preparing a more in-depth story with photos for us.l

 

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