Madiana Market Gardens
The village at Madiana is a very poor community struggling
to survive. During one of our visits the villagers explained to us how they
were struggling to feed their families as they had no land to farm to grow
crops. With funding and support from Project Gambia and our Gambian partners, 3
areas of land were fenced off. These are now working market gardens. A variety
of vegetables and fruit are being grown including onions, bananas, sorrel and
tomatoes. One of these gardens is being farmed by an 87 year old woman from
Mali, whilst the other 2 are farmed by widowers who, without the gardens, would
not have enough food. The market gardens not only provide food for the local
community but also provide vegetables and herbs which are sold at the market.
The money from these crops is used to pay for their children to attend school.