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
The women of the Garden of Skills harvested Jugo Beans which they then prepared with a traditional recipe. Jugo beans are beans grown in Eswatini and have a taste similar to peanuts. Once cooked in water they are ready to … Read More
The women in charge of the maintenance of the Garden of Skills have begun harvesting the sweet potatoes planted a few months earlier on one of the first plots of land set up on the new Malanti site. To add … Read More
In order to develop a model of food self-sufficiency in the Garden of Skills, the women of Fundzisa Live in charge of the garden prepare new crop beds every week to make the most of the cultivated area. A hard … Read More
Once a month at Piggs Peak Hospital, the young HIV-positive patients of the Teens Club come to pick up their bags of dried fruit. These dried fruits (bananas, dates, grapes, almonds, peanuts), previously packed by the women of Fundzisa Live, … Read More
