The children in the project; words and action

Today was round two of the distribution of vegetables 🥬🥒🌽🥦. I am so happy I came across Claire, the woman behind the farm to feed initiative and I have been following them in their early steps. I know her mother from Nairobi, she was very proud of what her daughter was doing and put us in touch. I was able to understand what Claire’s vision was. It made sense to think about VF and see if VF could pay for vegetables. This would help make the food and rations distributed to the families more balanced. I felt it aligned well with VFA and with the school kitchen garden I started when VFA moved into their current beautiful house !! The school kitchen garden was born and together with the support of Cleopas (our gardener in Karen at our home) and Charles. We had children of all grades help out, plant seeds, observe the growth and harvest - reflecting the process from seed to crop. With covid this all came to temporary pause - thankfully with Charles and Elisabeth’s help and the knowledge from outsiders (regarding the rotten plants) there was replanting and crops are now growing once more! Lockdown had now ended and we hope to have Cleopas back ASAP so he can pick up his work and help, and also be there with the children as he is a natural teacher and is so good with them. It demands a lot of courage to pull off what Claire did and I am so happy we have decided to work with her and provide fresh vegetables to the families.