Francisca Dururu, a caretaker at the centre, said they had started the nutritional gardens project in May last year with the aim of empowering parents with disabled children.
“We were given land by Jairos Jiri to start our nutritional gardens at their Luveve centre,” said Dururu.
The gardens are a way that the centre can empower parents to provide for their disabled children with nutritional vegetables.
“The garden has been beneficial to us and our families and we are so happy with the whole idea as we no longer have to worry about where we will get the money to buy vegetables,” said Agnes Ndlovu, a group member.
However, the group faces a number challenges, including water shortages.
“We have a water tank, which has to cater for all of our gardens, and if there is no electricity, water cannot be pumped and the production of our gardens is affected tremendously,” said Jane Ncube.
The gardens are divided equally among the members. Additional beds are set-aside for members to use for marketing purposes.
“We are in need of chemicals which destroy bugs because our produce is being affected and this is proving to be a setback for members as we cannot afford the different pesticides needed,” said Dururu.
The nutritional gardens project is an initiative of World Vision.
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