Gardening pack

£29.00

  • Save the Children, with support of Save the Children Korea, is running an innovative nutrition and livelihoods project for children and mothers in North East Uganda. The GOATS project is about ‘Giving Ownership and Assets To prevent Stunting’ in the region where poverty levels are the highest in the country. The project aims to reduce food insecurity and reduce stunting amongst children under five, for agropastoralist families in the region. In these communities, 35% of children under five years are stunted due to chronic malnutrition and 28% of children in this age group are underweight. Community members formed groups of 10-15 participants and received goats which they will pass on to each other through the ‘send-a-goat’ approach. The goats are intended to produce milk which mothers will feed their children to supplement breastmilk. Recipients received training on goat husbandry including housing, feeding, watering, management of disease and parasites as well as breeding and marketing basics. Additionally, the women received seeds that they have used to start up kitchen gardens to boost the consumption of highly nutritious vegetables in their homes. The seedlings that were given include cowpeas, amaranth (doodo), onions and pawpaw fruit trees.

HOW THIS PRODUCT HELPS

The economic crisis in Sri Lanka left four-year-old Kavi* and his family having to cut back on meals, and going months without fish or meat. But with Save the Children’s support, the family are growing their own food to survive the crisis. We’ve provided Kalan’s mum Rani* with a gardening kit, containing seven types of seeds and all the tools she needs. Now Kalan stands in a garden that is bursting into life.

Photo: Nashali Silva / Save the Children

Gardening pack

£29.00

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In many countries prone to drought, families struggle to grow food. The soil is poor and they don’t have the tools they need. The gift of gardening tools, hardy seeds and fertiliser could help a vulnerable family grow vegetables at home.

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