As part of the children’s livelihood training at the Goducate Children’s Home in Preynob Cambodia, a portion of the land was set aside for a small organic farm. A week ago, several visitors had the privilege of helping to harvest vegetables which included squash, gourds, eggplants and chilli for the dining table.
For these city-dwellers who are repeat visitors to the Children’s Home, it was fun to go back to nature, harvest these organic vegetables and then enjoy them for lunch an hour later!
The mango trees were in season as well, and the company also enjoyed raw mango salad for lunch. Ric, our expert agriculturist from the Goducate Training Center in the Philippines, is planning a visit to the Children’s Home in the following months to share his expertise with the Home adminstrators. It is our hope that the farm will grow and help the Home become self-sustaining with home-grown crops, as well as serve as another viable avenue to teach Cambodians how to help themselves.
