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Gardening sessions in “Yalla! Pour Les Enfants” summer camp

*The kids planted onions in re-used plastic bottles*

Over the past two weeks, FHF has delivered sessions on gardening to unprivileged Lebanese and Syrian children, as part of the summer camp activities organized at the educational center in Aley managed by Yalla! Pour Les Enfants.

*Learning how roots grow by planting onion bulbs in water and following-up on their evolution*

Students, teachers and parents attended the training sessions that were given by FHF experts, and participated in the practicum that was organized in the small garden of the school.

Now that the onions have developed roots, let's plant them! :) — *Now that the onions have developed roots, let’s plant them! 🙂*

The project partners hope to raise enough funds to rehabilitate the school garden, hence enabling the kids to produce healthy and organic food starting October, when they are back to school.

The little girls planting seeds under the supervision of "Oum Maher" a Syrian mother who is now taking care of the garden — *The little girls planting seeds under the supervision of “Oum Maher” a Syrian mother who is now taking care of the garden*

Everybody wants to participate! Agriculture seems to be so interesting! :) — *Everybody wants to participate! Agriculture seems to be so interesting! 🙂*

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Promoting school learning gardens with Zaher

Under its initiative of promoting urban gardening, FHF teamed up with Zaher – Grow to Learn, a Danish NGO aiming at supporting young Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon and marginalized youth from the Lebanese host communities, to establish learning gardens in two educational centers one in Aley run by the French NGO “Yalla! Pour les Enfants” and one “Baraem Al-Mustakbal” in Bar Elias, Central Bekaa run by the Lebanese NGO Sawa.

*Assessing the garden of Aley school ©Zaher Grow to Learn*

The project “Promoting learning gardens as a mean of producing healthy food amongst Syrian refugees and Lebanese host communities“ aims at training young Syrian and Lebanese students on sustainable gardening practices in order to produce healthy food in and around their schools. The school gardens will serve as models for organic farming and permaculture. Training sessions on different relevant topics will be prepared by FHF team in collaboration with SOILS Permaculture Association Lebanon.

Despite its small size, the garden of Baraem al-Moustakbal school has a great potential to become a learning garden! — *Despite its small size, the garden of Baraem Al-Mustakbal school has a great potential of becoming a learning garden!*

*The project team visiting the school in Bar Elias to assess its garden ©Zaher Grow to Learn*

To contribute to this project, by either volunteering or donating, please contact Zaher – Grow to Learn on zaher.growtolearn@gmail.com