Gardening, a favourite activity for the children

What started as a family pastime between Mother Julian with her children, is now a favourite activity for all children. They like it. They willingly get hoes and run to the garden so easily.

The Concordia Volunteers Abroad Programme (CVAP) students have also supported Mother Julian’s initiative and are helping to expand the garden. They have now planted a variety of crops, in addition to the beans and maize Mother Julian and her family started with. They have small well organised plots of onions, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and vegetables. The garden is becoming bigger and bigger. What formerly was bush, only harbouring snakes and insects, is now getting cleared slowly by slowly.

Today evening, the children were all smiles when they made their first harvest of maize. Mother Julian has really interested the children to do gardening and she has ensured that it is included in the children’s holiday programme.