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    MUNYAWIRI SCHOOL & COMMUNITY FOOD GARDEN, ZIMBABWE

    Digging first!

    Digging first!

    Getting the raised beds dug, this way torrential rains won't destroy the seeds!

    All done!

    All done!

    A hot but very pleased crew

    Introducing Reel Gardening

    Introducing Reel Gardening

    The seed reels being introduced to volunteers

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    Starting off

    Starting off

    First things first we need to clear the 5mx25m, and that meant lots of hacking & pulling!

    Glen Forest Community

    Glen Forest Community

    4 hours later & 6 crops planted over 125m²

    Starting off

    Starting off

    First things first we need to clear the 5mx25m, and that meant lots of hacking & pulling!

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    GLEN FOREST COMMUNITY FOOD GARDEN, ZIMBABWE

    POTE SECONDARY SCHOOL FOOD GARDEN, ZIMBABWE

    Introducing Reel Gardening

    Introducing Reel Gardening

    Explaining how the seed reels work & planning the garden in the shade

    Ready for duty

    Ready for duty

    All ready for first watering duty the next morning

    En route

    En route

    The road to Pote Secondary School, Goromonzi

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    IPULU/APROFAMIR COMMUNITY FOOD GARDEN, DRC

    Getting started

    Getting started

    Planning the creation of a food garden with APROFAMIR

    Volunteers

    Volunteers

    The food garden creation volunteers

    Getting started

    Getting started

    Planning the creation of a food garden with APROFAMIR, a Ipulu based woman's empowerment organisation

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    KOKWA ISLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL FOOD GARDEN, KENYA

    Soil

    Soil

    The volunteers collecting soil to mix in with the compost we brought. Luckily we knew ahead of time that the soil was very sandy and enrichment would be necessary

    All done!

    All done!

    A happy but hot group of volunteers hiding from the sun

    Arriving

    Arriving

    Our welcoming party awaits! We were only staying 500m away from the school but the rise in the lake levels means this is the only way to get there. This flooding also meant there wasn't space for a traditional garden and so we had to get a little creative...

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    GALLERY

    #SEEAFRICADIFFERENTLY

    Senegal halved infant mortality between 2005 and 2014

    Kenya’s nation brand value in 2015 increased by 43%compared with 2014

    Computicket, world's 1st computerized ticketing system, was created in South Africa in 1971

    For more photos of each garden co-created as well as our other travel adventures, head on over to our Facebook page.