Grace Galloway was awarded an AllPeopleBeHappy Fellows Program grant in April of 2016 to bring health and agricultural education to the youths of Barrio Nuevo through developing a teaching community garden. Grace is working with Comunidad Connect in their office in Barrio Nuevo, a neighborhood of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. The office has a large backyard (50’x70’), and is located directly across from an elementary school. The backyard has been split into two parts: a community garden and a co-working space. The garden is currently growing dozens of citrus and fruit trees, vegetables and herbs. Fruits and vegetables produce are being shared with community members through nutritional workshops, and school students are learning how they can conserve the environment with their everyday choices, observed the differences between various fruits and vegetables, and gotten their hands dirty planting and weeding.
Blog #100: Fellow Grace Galloway
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