Honoring Legacy and Growth: The Alan Silverman DIG Garden at Hospital Silence
December 13, 2024
Celebrating Alan Silverman’s Memorial DIG Garden
September 20, 2021
Thanks to the support of 42 donors who contributed to the Alan Silverman Memorial DIG Garden campaign, featured during DIG’s 2020 Cocktails & Castoffs AT HOME event, DIG was able to serve an additional group in Ziguinchor, Senegal.
DIG-ing for a Decade!
April 21, 2016
Since its founding 10 years ago, Development in Gardening (DIG) has specialized in promoting gardening and diet diversity services among health facilities, schools and local households in African communities.
DIG’s San Diego 10 Year Anniversary Celebration
April 21, 2016
Thank you San Diego for an incredible evening at the top of the world. Our 10 Year Anniversary Celebration at Diamond View Tower was one for the record books. We have deeply appreciated your support year after year as we've worked together to help more communities around the world achieve food security, improved nutrition, climate resilience, and increased income through sustainable agriculture practices. What with the next 10 years bring! We can't wait to find out. Check out some wonderful photos from the event, taken by DIG supporter and event host, Big Mike Phillips.
DIG Farmer Profile: Elaine Dabiré
January 28, 2014
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.
Through the Lens, Burkina Faso
September 23, 2013
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
Home Gardner Spotlight: Millogo Estelle
September 23, 2013
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
Stories from the Field: East Africa Update
May 27, 2013
Spending the last few weeks visiting DIGs projects happening in Kenya and Uganda have not only been an affirming experience for me but even more so, an inspiring one. After incredible fundraising events in Southern California and Colorado, my month of May has been committed to seeing what DIG has been doing first hand and sourcing out the stories of inspiration that best reveal our work. Having photographer/videographer, Bob Miller, along to capture DIG’s story on the ground has made
Stories from the Field: Burkina Faso
May 27, 2013
Turning the Sahel into a Garden: Hot, dry and dusty are the most descriptive words that describe the current state of Ouagadougou. One can sense it wants to rain so badly and indeed we have had two rains, however the ground is so hot and crusted it just seems to evaporate within hours and it is as dry and dusty as it was before the thunderstorm. When the rains does come next month we should be very well prepared. Even
DIG’s 7 Year Throw Back
October 29, 2012
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
A Partnership Worth Watering
February 28, 2012
Fred and Milton Ochieng were born and raised in Lwala. Their parents, who have now both passed away from HIV, supported the two brothers to study medicine in the United States. Now the two medical students formed the Lwala Community Alliance (LCA) to give back to their community.
“12 Hours in the Day”
February 27, 2012
It’s exciting to usher in another year with Development in Gardening and have so much to look forward to! We have come a long way since our meager beginning 6 years ago, and I’m proud that we have not lost our grassroots focus or sacrificed our core values in order to survive. With a strong Board of Directors and an inspiring staff, DIG is poised for significant growth in 2012. Our project in Lwala has been particularly meaningful for me