Agricultural work is being done at Faith & Hope Centre (F&HC), where great progress is being recorded. In our efforts to become a self–sustaining and child–empowering organisation, we have established a viable nutritious garden at F&HC with the help of our friends at Lead Trust. They installed a 5000-litre water tank and a set up a drip–irrigation system for the watering of the garden, covering 1000 square metres.
Part of the staff at the Shelter of Joy and F&HC, together with the children, took part in preparing the gardens and planting a variety of nutritious vegetables as part of their training in organic farming.
Since the purchase of vegetables for consumption has been eating a great chunk of our finances, we hope that soon, we would not be buying vegetables as our garden promises to be so viable that we plan to sell the surplus. The long term plan is to run the centre on a commercial scale and raise JCF to the level of self–sustenance.
Each child at the centre has been allocated a garden which they will work in to gain experience and perfect their knowledge in gardening. This kind of empowerment will come in handy when they leave the organisation to join their families.