Eliane Dabiré, 28, is a member of the AMES HIV Support Group in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.  DIG’s Local Facilitator, Salam Sawadogo, chatted with her a few weeks ago about her life and DIG.    HIV Status: I was sick for a long time and finally decided to visit the doctor when I began to have sores all over my body.  He advised me to the see the president of the AMES HIV Support Group as well as take an HIV test.

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DIG started working with the Lamizana Military Camp in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in March 2013. Our focus was to address the nutritional needs of the hospital’s HIV patients through the construction and implementation of a demonstration garden that focused on training participants in sustainable agriculture and nutrition for people living with HIV. The project is halfway through and we’ve been thrilled with the progress to date. Check out some photos we’ve captured along the way. We have loved working with this group

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Millogo Estelle is a DIG gardener at our Lamizana Military Camp in Ouagadougou,  Burkina Faso.  She is part of a group called A.M.E.S. which stands for Association Militaire D’Entraide Etde Solidarite. It is an HIV support group that DIG started working with at the end of March 2013.  Estelle’s husband worked for the Burkina Military and died in 2010. For awhile she received food aid to help support herself and the 5 children in her care. Last spring, unable to

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This September marked Development in Gardening’s 7 Year Anniversary. What started as a simple Peace Corp project has flourished into an international organization that has enriched lives and land in 8 countries around the world.  This November DIG will revisit our West African roots as we start a new project in the capital city of Burkina Faso.              DIG will work with Burkina’s military hospital to provide an urban gardening program to promote sustainable food

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