By Todd Hardesty | Executive Director
Each spring we send teams into the many bomas (towns) of our region in South Sudan. We want to see firsthand the results of the spring planting. We currently work with 953 farming households. It requires a lot of effort to travel—mostly by canoe—to visit the villages and meet with the farmers.
This spring 2024 harvest has been a great success. The small gardens have produced a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. The food is helping to nourish their children as well as being sold in the market. Take onions for example. The harvest results were fantastic. Many dozens of farmers were successful with large harvests—more than they could eat. The extra onions (and other vegetables) are sold in the markets.
With money from the onion sales the farmers can send their children to school! They can purchase other food items. They use their success to fight famine in their communities.
It is exciting to see. The program has grown from around 100 farming households to nearly 1,000 in just the last five years. The only real limit to growth is funding. Your support of this project has measurable results and is successfully fighting famine.
We have a vision that within the next decade we can end this project because famine is a thing of the past. But not today. So, please consider helping us continue to support the farmers of Fangak County, South Sudan. We are making a difference with your help. Thank you.
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