Women's Community Gardens in Niger

Over the course of 2021, your support brought about great changes in RAIN's partner communities. Your generosity helped create 2 new gardens in the Agadez region in Niger, providing a unique opportunity to the people living in this area. Agadez's climate allows for year-round harvest, meaning these gardens are able to provide sustenance and income for gardeners when previously this would not have been possible throughout the calendar year.

Even with delays due to COVID travel restrictions, RAIN reached over 3500 Nigeriens in Batarmatas, Torguit, and 9 neighboring villages this year. Approximately 75 gardeners and 350 family members benefit directly from community gardens.  Enabling them to providew food for their families and other local community members as well as utilize surplus produce to generate funds that create more robust local markets.

Looking ahead to 2022. There is still so much more that you can do to make an impact! With your support, RAIN plans to grow 2 new gardens in the coming year; expanding RAIN's reach into new villages and bringing food and income opportunities to even more rural and nomadic Nigeriens. As the community garden program grows, so do the possibilities of closing the gap on food insecurity in these vulnerable regions of Niger.  In addition, there are new partnerships on the horizon with plans for a collaborative garden in Torguit.

You have made it possible to expand this program and provide not only a reliable and healthy source of food and funds but educational training to maintain these gardens into the future.

Thank you for continuing to support women, children, and families in their pursuit of education and a sustainable livelihood.  

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