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DIG improves the nutrition and livelihoods of uniquely vulnerable communities by planting restorative gardens that grow health, wealth, and a sense of belonging.

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Community Transformation

Adapting for Growth

August 4, 2020

In Senegal, DIG is adapting it's program to serve students who are blind, visually impaired and hearing impaired, and the students have cultivated more than we dreamed.

Cocktails and Castoffs

MetroFresh’s 2020 DIG Garden ~ Ziguinchor, Senegal

June 30, 2020

In 2019 at a DIG Cocktails and Castoffs event, MetroFresh, a local Atlanta restaurant, encouraged their community to help sponsor a DIG garden in Senegal. They have previously sponsored a garden in Kenya and Uganda and this year they wanted to spread the seeds of transformation in Senegal. Their support has sustainably equipped 13 uniquely vulnerable families in the city of Ziguinchor, Senegal to become food secure, nutritionally rich, climate resilient, and economically secure. Here are some of the stories

Community Transformation

Augustus and Estrella Overcome Mobility Challenges to Grow

June 25, 2020

How one family turns a life changing accident into an opportunity to develop a family farm.

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DIG has partnered with over 50,000 farmers to develop 110 projects across 8 African countries. You can learn more about where we are and where we have been by exploring the map.

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We believe access to nutritious food is a basic human right and can be life-saving.

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With your support we can grow our capacity to equip uniquely vulnerable families with the skills and experience to meet their own needs and improve their well-being through gardening.

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