Help families grow thriving gardens this spring
This spring, families living in the Bensa district, Ethiopia, are at risk of facing months on end of hunger wondering where their next meal will come from or how they will put food on the table for their growing children.
This is a burden no parent should ever have to bear. However, this is the reality for mothers like Meselech, whose families go hungry an average of four months each year, with food scarcity usually beginning in April. But your support today could help change this.
Meselech is a hardworking mother of six and in the Bensa district where she lives, families like hers rely on their small plots of land for food and income. However, the land is impacted by soil degradation due to erosion and a lack of nutrients.
Meselech’s farm is positioned amongst steep hillsides where heavy, unpredictable rain caused by the climate crisis contributes further to soil erosion and washes away precious crops.
As the climate crisis has worsened, rains have become less reliable, and the quality of the soil has decreased, with families growing less and less over time. These challenges mean families are unable to cover the food needs of their households every month of the year. This is truly devastating.
Meselech, Ethiopia
Many rural families like Meselech’s rely on buying food with the little income they earn from selling any surplus crops. But as crops become harder to grow, and families are outpriced by the cost of food, families are at risk of going hungry for months on end.
If you are in a position to do so today, please will you donate today to help families like Meselech’s grow thriving gardens this spring so they can feed their children over the coming hunger months?
A productive and abundant farm that produces enough food all year round is only made possible by having the right seeds, tools and sustainable farming skills. Here’s how a gift from you today could make all the difference:
Since joining the project, Meselech has already started to implement all that she has learnt so far, and has seen the difference her hard work and determination has made:
There are many more families like Meselech’s approaching April not knowing if they will be able to feed their families.
A gift of any size today, could equip another family like Meselech’s with seeds, tools and training to grow thriving gardens this spring so their children don’t go hungry. Thank you for your support.
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