Rooftop Micro Farms for Refugee Women in Deheishe

In this newsflash you will hear about; the several rooftop gardens producing very well again due to the hard work from its owners, new developments in the garden project on hold due to delay in donor funding being released and other women and youth activities going on in the Karama community center.

First of all, GREAT you are engaging with our project and reading our update! The support from all these great people around the world means a lot to us. If you are connected to Karama’s network on social media, you might have seen some pictures passing by on Facebook about the slow but steady progress of the wonderful rooftop gardens. Tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and others are getting ready to be enjoyed. The owners are dedicated and work hard to have a good harvest, hoping to enjoy their produce in the upcoming month of Ramadan, where us Muslims will fast between sunrise and sunset.

New developments in this project however are still on hold due to the delay in donor funding being released. Development work is a hard world and even when good-hearted people believe in our case for green, social entrepreneurship it will not always come through the ways originally expected. But that won’t have our project team stop their work and lots of other activities are ongoing.

Previously we already informed you about a new series of women activities taking place in Karama center, where the women used the updated kitchen to hold workshops for different traditional dishes. This was continued in the last weeks, with recipes including traditional sweets as well! Those were some happy families at home to taste the work of these women’s hands. Some of their production has already been sold through local markets; a great step!  Now a selection of the dishes is being made, that could be produced on a larger scale and sold during the month of Ramadan when people will especially enjoy traditional (but labor intensive) dishes. 

Also Karama just kicked off its first summer camp of 2016! More than 45 youngster between 10 and 12 joined our first activities rigth after the closure of the schools. The teens will participate in days of fun, creativity, expression and collaborative work, both in our center and on trips. The first trip to Solomons Pools was a great success, even though it was a bit more chilly than normally around this time of the year! 

Wish us luck for the rest of the summer! :) 

Thanks to all our supporters, especially our frequent donors, we really appreciate your continous help for our work. 

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