Tanzania
In partnership with rural communities, we are working to fill Tanzania with blooming gardens and are supporting families as they create food security and stable incomes. Through our agriculture programs, families and individuals are receiving the materials they need to start their gardens as well as the education needed for them to thrive.
Elsewhere, program participants are receiving livestock, which can be used to diversify both their income and diet. These programs help move families out of poverty while fighting against the threats of climate change and food insecurity.
Our reach in Tanzania also extends to Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, which is home to thousands of refugees from various African countries. Here, our vegetable farming program provides training on vegetable production, nutrition and marketing techniques of farm products. Through this program, refugees are not only learning how to grow their own vegetables, but they are also becoming strong leaders in their communities.
With our community partners we are growing gardens and developing new opportunities for a better life.
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Cultivating Hope and Equality
Encouraging and selfless are a couple of the words used to describe Matumaini Narcecine, a lead farmer at Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania. Since joining the CWS-supported vegetable farming program two years ago, she has become a leader—passionate about uplifting others, especially women, in her community. As a Burundian refugee, Matumaini has experienced gender inequality. “In our traditions, women they …
Penda Plants Seeds with Love
Scroll through the gallery above to see Penda in her garden In the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania lives a woman named after the Swahili word for love, Penda. With just one smile, we could see that Penda’s name fits her perfectly. Like many of the refugees in the camp, Penda fled the intense violence in her home country, Democratic …
Joseph Grows Alongside His Vegetables
When we give nature care and help it grow, we often end up growing with it. This philosophy can be seen at the vegetable farm at a refugee camp in Tanzania. In this vegetable garden, refugees learn about sustainable organic vegetable farming and combat food shortages in the camp. As the program participants grow with knowledge, the plants and vegetables …