This project consisted of purchasing manure, fertilizer, insecticides, fungicides, seeds and tools and delivering them to a stake center, where they will be allocated to about 150 needy families.
On day 1 I commandeered a large van, removed all of the seats, and hauled three loads of manure at a time, each load consisting of 105 bags (weighing about 25 kilos each) plus several thousand very happy flies.
On day 2 I delivered the rest of the materials (not pictured here).
On day 3 I visited two of the homes and the plots where the materials will eventually be turned into flourishing gardens, and our photographer Michel took a few photos.
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| Here are a few of the hundreds of bags of tools, fertilizer, seeds etc I purchased.. |
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| Sixty pound bags of chicken manure fertilizer. |
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| Just some random photos of tromping through the Abattoir (slaughterhouse) quartier, talking to the widows who will be receiving the garden materials. |
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| These photos illustrate a little better the very humble homes the people live in. Some of them are growing some sweet potatoes currently, but the target crop is "amaranthe" or other plants that are used for their leaves. Interestingly, people just eat a lot of leaves in the Congo to accompany their rice or "fufu". |
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