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Focused on Tomorrow’s Future

March 11, 2019

A 27 year old Salome Anyango rejoiced when she gave birth to twins on Dec 13th, 2016. Denis, a boy, and Maureen, a girl, are now 2 years and 2 months old. At the time of their birth, she felt blessed with two at once but knew life would be busier than expected as she added the twins alongside her other four children. Salome struggled to supply enough breastmilk to meet both babies needs, and while the twins provided twice as many smiles, they also needed twice the support.

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Embracing Communities with Disabilities in Uganda

March 11, 2019

Levi Byamukama has a vibrant social energy. He greets everyone with a smile and moves through life with joyful curiosity. One day, after seeing a group of Batwa DIG farmers gathered in the fields, Levi moved closer to see what was happening. He ended up staying through an entire DIG training and returned the weeks following. After a while, the group elected he join them and Levi became an official DIG farmer.

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Terry Koval’s Deconstructed Carrot Salad

February 13, 2019

Chef Terry Koval has contributed to some of Atlanta’s most recognized kitchens and received the prestigious recognition as 2012 StarChefs.com Atlanta Rising Star Sustainable Chef. See his recipe for a delicious deconstructed carrot salad below.

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DIG Batwa Farmers: Katamas and Hope

January 31, 2019

This Batwa family used to beg for dregs, feeding their 5 children the leftover sorghum from a locally produced drink only once per day. When the couple joined the DIG program, they were skeptical of the outcome as many NGO’s had come to their village for projects that were short-term.

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Cocktails and Castoffs

December 6, 2018

Get a taste of DIG’s annual Cocktails and Castoffs event featuring innovative chefs who link the story of our food waste in the US to DIG’s work in Africa

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4 Ways to Improve Your Mental Health by Gardening

June 14, 2018

Guest Author, Maria Cannon, wrote this article about the mental health benefits of gardening. While DIG often focuses on the food security, nutrition, and income benefits of our garden programming there are so many other gains including these listed below.

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DIG Deeper: Batwa Program Entering Year 2

April 16, 2018

After getting on the ground in November 2016, DIG spent two months undergoing an intensive site assessment through a baseline study, stakeholder analysis, committee and leadership meetings, crop viability study, building a team, and fine tuning the implementation model.

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Watering a New Partnership: DIG & AGRISS

May 3, 2017

In 2017, DIG embarked in a new partnership in Western Kenya. After closing-out our programs with Lwala Community Alliance, DIG engaged in a partnership with Agricultural Improvement Support Services (AGRISS) in Homa Bay County.

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6 Months DIG-ing with the Batwa

May 2, 2017

The Batwa have been caught in a cycle of poverty since 1992 after being evicted from the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and becoming conservation refugees. Still to this day, the Batwa have some of the worst health outcomes certainly in Uganda if not in all of Africa.

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