Planting hope for a family

Here is Donatille, her husband and one of her children with the beginnings of their home garden. Thanks to your support, Donatille is receiving the food security assistance that her children and family need to grow their way out of chronic malnutrition. Two of Donatille’s children were diagnosed with malnutrition and received short term food aid–but after minimal improvements, they became malnourished again.

Donatille participated in our last season of education sessions on the causes of malnutrition and after graduating, she received two chickens. However, Donatille still wants to keep coming back. She has formed a cooperative with other mothers in our program so that they can save, meet and farm together. Thanks to your support, Donatille is planting amaranth, orange sweet potatoes, maize, beans, avocado and papaya, in addition to other crops in her community garden. Donatille is an incredibly inspiring woman that has survived some extraordinary challenges–her commitment to education, her community, and her family’s health is in turn extraordinary. Thank you for your investment in Donatille and her family.