Since the beginning of June, the Garden of Skills has been welcoming children from the Malanti community. They are divided into four groups, and come once a week from Monday to Thursday, in turn. They come after school and meet … Read More
The winter in southern Africa is particularly dry, making it an ideal time to reinforce the infrastructure before the rains start. The Malanti Garden of Skills is located on a hillside, and the grass covering the path is particularly slippery … Read More
As part of its “Uniform and Difference” program, Designing Hope is preparing for the distribution of uniforms to children in need at two schools in Malanti. Women from the community will be able to benefit from training in the sewing … Read More
Every month, the women of the Fundsiza Live association, Designing Hope association’s local relay in Eswatini, prepare food parcels for HIV positive patients at Piggs Peak Hospital. The food parcels consist of essential food items such as oil, beans and … Read More
Futhi and Patricia, the two sewing trainers from Fundzisa Live, a local partner of Designing Hope in Eswatini, are taking over the new sewing workshop in the Garden of Skills. After having the sewing machines serviced, they are now preparing … Read More
The team from Wendy Lane, the company that built the wooden houses on the Garden of Skills site, came to install a chicken coop. This henhouse is designed on the principle of an enclosure separated into 2 plots, used in … Read More
Designing Hope has set up in Eswatini in order to fight against the stigmatisation of HIV-positive people and to raise awareness of the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS. Thus, women supported by the Fundsiza Live association, Designing Hope’s local relay, … Read More
After enriching the soil with compost, manure and biochar produced with the support of The Ivory Foundation, the women of Fundzisa Live planted the first crops on the new cultivation beds. Various vegetables (carrots, lettuce, spinach, radishes) were planted in … Read More
The Garden of Skills is developing into a training centre, including nutrition training, based on a model of food self-sufficiency. To this end, posters containing valuable nutritional information have been put up on the walls of the kitchen. In addition, … Read More
Today, the women of the Garden of Skills planted peppers, beets, lettuce and spinach on the beds of the “Teenji” (Teen G for youth garden), the garden in front of the workshop, half of which is used for educational activities … Read More
