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Life has been tough for Mikilina Kangachepe, a young mum who lives with her four children on a remote hillside village in southern Malawi.<\/strong><\/p>

But Mikilina\u2019s situation has improved, and it\u2019s in large part thanks to a bountiful bag of vegetables that\u2019s she\u2019s been growing using an innovative \u2018sack gardening\u2019 technique, in the backyard of her home in Mtemwende village.<\/p>

Mikilina is amongst a group of women villagers who have been supported by Self Help Africa with backyard sack gardens \u2013 raised sack containers of soil in which she\u2019s been growing tomatoes, cabbage, greens and sweet potatoes in her homestead backyard.<\/p>

130 local women like Mikilina have been supported with sack gardens, introduced as part of Self Help Africa\u2019s Women\u2019s Food Security Project in this part of southern Malawi.<\/p>

The women received training, seed and other materials to get them started, and have been reaping the rewards of the initiative since they started sack gardening, two years ago.  The produce is being grown without fertiliser, and needs less water than traditional gardening.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m so happy that Self Help Africa equipped us with skills in backyard gardening. I started with a small garden, but am now growing more vegetables using sacks and my family is growing stronger and happier\u201d, she says.<\/em><\/p>

To support more farmers like Mikilina, please donate today<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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