Hunger

Fact: Every 3 seconds a child dies of hunger/ malnutrition. Eleven million die each year.

Through our Never Ending Gardens program, Heart for Africa volunteers have planted over 500,000 backyard gardens.

The cornerstone of Heart for Africa, the Never Ending Gardens program is designed to empower the family toward the goal of controlling their own food supply. The three-phase program provides the family with the knowledge and tools to start and continue their own journey to self-sustainable food security through a year-round rotational garden.

All Heart for Africa volunteers will participate in planting gardens with participants in the Never Ending Gardens program during their time in Africa. Through their participation and the ongoing care of the gardens by the local families, many families will have the food necessary to feed their family and a possible surplus they will be able to trade or sale.

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