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Dear friend,

Gardens can be life-changing for people facing hunger.

Kitchen gardens, permagardens, keyhole gardens, and pasture gardens —
these are some of Mercy Corps’ approaches to helping families struggling
with food insecurity. We provide the training and resources people need to
create gardens that can provide nutrition or boost income, even in places
facing extreme weather.

Often, what grows out of these gardens is more than just food — it’s
health, security, and opportunity.

Here’s more about how gardens are creating new possibilities for people in
the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, and Uganda.


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[ [link removed] ]Marie-Claire in the DRC
 
  [ [link removed] ]Marie-Claire says she no longer needs to go to the market for  
vegetables since her garden provides them in both dry and rainy
seasons. "We just go into the garden, get vegetables, and cook them
for the children."
 


The DRC has one of the highest numbers of severely food insecure people in
the world. Marie-Claire, a farmer and mother of nine children,
participates in a Mercy Corps program that gave her training and resources
to start a garden that grows vegetables year-round. She says she is
grateful for the health, safety, and improvements the program has brought
to her community. [ [link removed] ]Learn more about how our work addresses hunger in the
DRC ▸


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[ [link removed] ]Margaret in Kenya
 
[ [link removed] ]Margaret and her daughters Salley (age 5, left) and Tabitha, (age
10, right), tend to the vegetables growing in their garden. Margaret
says: "⁠(⁠The training we’ve received with Mercy Corps) means my
  community will be developed, our children will be healthier, and our  
living standards shall be raised."

She adds, "My garden also enables me to save money that I would have
used to buy vegetables from the market, now instead I have little more
unused money for my savings."
 


Margaret is a local shop owner in her small village in Kenya where she
sells food to livestock farmers for income. But because of the severe
drought, many of her customers have migrated to other areas. With training
from Mercy Corps, she has started a garden near her home, where she grows
vegetables like spinach, kale, chard, green onion, and herbs.

She also serves as a community health volunteer, making her a role model
in her community on cooking, farming, and nutrition education. [ [link removed] ]Learn
more about how drought is affecting countries like Kenya across the Horn
of Africa ▸


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[ [link removed] ]Kodet in Uganda
 
[ [link removed] ]With Mercy Corps’ support, Kodet has developed a pasture garden —
  a large plot of shrubs and grass to feed his animals — making his  
livelihood less vulnerable to dry spells. Kodet says, "During the dry
season, what affects the people affects the cattle as well. The hunger
that people feel is also the same as the animals feel."
 


Kodet is a farmer and father of eight in Uganda where severe drought has
nearly dried up his crops leaving his family and his livestock hungry. One
of the ways Mercy Corps is helping farmers like Kodet better cope with the
drought is by providing seeds and training to start pasture gardens to
feed their animals.

It has been eight months since Kodet began feeding his cattle and goats
from his pasture garden. The animals are noticeably healthier and more
productive, which means more milk for his children and a higher profit
when it’s time to sell. [ [link removed] ]Learn more about how our DREAMS program is
helping people in Uganda ▸

The
seeds we plant together — Mercy Corps teams, communities, and supporters
like you — are part of a lasting commitment to building a brighter future.

We are so grateful to have our supporters by
our side as we build pathways to new possibilities for millions of people
around the world who are facing the challenges of climate change, poverty,
and hunger.

Thank you,

The Mercy Corps team

P.S. Did you see [ [link removed] ]this story about keyhole gardens in Timor-Leste? It
includes [ [link removed] ]downloadable instructions on how to start one in your own
backyard! [ [link removed] ]Read now ▸

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