Our Results

• Average of 50,000 pounds of food, per garden, per year.

• Women sell vegetables & village diet diversifies.

• Health, education & livelihoods improve.

With our Spanish partner ARAPAZ, and our combined 20 gardens, here are the averages:

• Harvest increase from 500 pounds to over 50,000 pounds of food (in 2.8 years)

• Women watering for 1.2 hours per day (instead of 6)

• Women gardening 4 hours a day (instead of one)

• Women grow 3 crops per year (instead of one)

• Families eat 20 kinds of vegetables (instead of one)

• Our two biggest gardens yielded over 100,000 pounds of food in just 18 months

• 38 boys help their mothers (instead of zero, breaking a cultural habit towards women)

• Women sold one thousand dollars of food after second year (instead of zero).

• Women in 70% of villages with gardens also report improved domestic situations.