Bearing Fruit

It is exciting to see the six vertical gardens in Easteigh, that we planted with the refugee women of Iftin, are beginning to bear fruit. These tomatoes are among the first that will be harvested in the gardening initiative.

Aaron, Phares, Zahra, Rhoda and the first six community facilitators being training for the Self Help Group program.

Along with the gardens, we are seeing wonderful advances in the Women's Self Help Group program. Presently, eight Somali and Oromo women have come forward to serve as community facilitators. We met today to discuss the expectations around training and to formalize what the next few months will look like. After the celebration of Ramadan at the end of September, we will be hosting the women in our home for an intensive week of training over the first week of October. Together we are excited for what the future holds as we work as a team fighting "umasikini" (poverty). "We can do it!" encouraged Zahra to the girls. "It will take dedication, determination, discipline, and sacrifice. But we can do it!"