Finally!

Okay, so a little money can go a loooong way. Earlier I wrote about when my project came to a standstill because the soil was contaminated. With my friend Raya’s generous donation(I just misspelled generous and wrote "generation donation"-actually an appropriate play on words since it will impact generations of people as well as the other meaning, to generate, as in to produce! I love a good play on words) I was able to purchase 600 soil bags and all the soil to go in them. This allowed me to be there to help plant the inside of the tunnel/greenhouse. Not only was it fun for me to participate but more importantly, it was exciting for the Jitihada farmer group and me to see this project to completion. It was two weeks ago that we planted these tomato plants. I only wish I could be around to watch them grow and be harvested.

It was a great last day at Kawe for me. I got to play a great game of catch with Dennis, Sylvester's middle child. I was able to actually do some physical work with the group filling the dirt with fertilizer and planting tomato seedling. I loved working with these people so very much and am incredibly proud of the work they are doing and that I got to play a small part in it.

I got some great photos too thanks to my bf Shaine. (photos courtesy of Shaine Jones Photography-except the last one, it's kind of obvious that I took that one)

Sylvester's children: William and Dennis. These kids are amazingly well behaved and sweet. I think we could learn a few things here in the west from developing nations when it comes to parenting. And in terms of material possessions; William is playing with mangoes and often Dennis is drawing in the dirt with a stick. And they are happy! Can you imagine!?!

Dennis and me after a rousing game of catch with a deflated ball. Look at all the bags of soil Raya bought!

Working hard in the tunnel planting and fertilizing. I saw one of these before I purchased this one and the tomatoes grow to the roof. Hopefully I will get photos of that from my colleagues in the future.

The Jitihada Farmers group in front of their tunnel before the drip kit was installed and bags were purchased.