{"id":8273,"date":"2017-11-27T14:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T14:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=8273"},"modified":"2018-03-29T09:07:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T08:07:06","slug":"where-nothing-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/where-nothing-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Nothing Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mother of four Kangabega Ayesto wants to make a success of her new business, not just to feed her family, but also to reunite them.<\/p>\n
All of her children moved away from their home in Gomtenga village, Burkina Faso, in order to find work and a better life for themselves in neighbouring Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n
But now, with Kangabega involved in creating a horticultural plot in her village, she hopes her successful harvests can encourage her children to come home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf production is good, there will be something in the village for my son to come back from Ivory Coast to work on. It will show him that there are opportunities in Gomtenga to earn a living\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=StDIoB980zo&w=640&h=500]\n
Kangabega is amongst 20 women being supported by Self Help Africa in a newly formed horticultural group. <\/p>\n
The group is being trained in vegetable production, and have received seed that they will soon plant, to enable them to grow tomato, onion, garlic, chilli, and peppers. <\/p>\n
These new vegetables will add sustenance to household diets, and also provide members with surpluses that they can sell in local markets to earn an income.<\/p>\n