A community nutrition garden flourishes in Nsongwe Village, Zambia.  This is just one example of how the SAM Project works to help Zambian farmers succeed in all areas of agriculture by increasing their knowledge and skills and thereby improving productivity.  Community Garden Flourishes

It takes many people volunteering their time on a regular basis to maintain the garden

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Many Hands

One of the village women carries a straw mulch to place around the vegetable plants, this helps keep them from drying out too quickly.

Women Volunteer

A young Zambian child enjoys digging into some fresh vegetables from the garden.

Yummy and Nutritious

Promoting good nutrition, cash earned from sales from the garden goes to support health and wellness initiatives of Nutritional Cooking Classes, Pre-Natal Classes, and Breastfeeding Classes.  Here a mother prepares ground nuts for children's lunch. 

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while another mother begins cooking the lunch meal

Preparing Lunch

Mothers feed their young children a protein rich lunch after learning about nutrition and cooking. 

Feeding Baby

This little fellow is quite interested to see how quickly he is growing!

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A young Zambian women is able to receive pre-natal care, an initiative supported through the community garden vegetable sales,

Pre-Natal Care

teaching on nutrition, and health care is also a big component,  

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also support groups, such as this one for young pregnant women, and a support group for breastfeeding mothers are held weekly. 

Teaching and Support

A healthy, happy baby and healthy mother, thanks in large part to the various support programs all growing from a Community Garden. 

Healthy and Happy