Help us grow healthy children worldwide. Global food aid is finite, while local, sustainable farming can provide nutritious food for generations. Our goal is to grow one garden at a time, in any local or worldwide community seeking access to freshly grown produce.

The town of Opuwo, in the high desert of Namibia, is a crossroads and shelter for refugee children from nearby countries in Africa. My friend Kakarandua is working to build a community garden for the children. Her organization needs money to pipe in fresh water and to purchase tools to plow and seed their garden plot. Baby Bistro Brands donates 1% of retail sales to see this garden grow. We will post pictures of ongoing progress and when complete, choose a new future garden site. We invite any suggestions and thank our customers for their generous support.

This is the site of our first garden. The local chief designated 10ha-30 acres of land, approximately 7km outside of Opuwo, for the project. The area is well shaded, with many big trees indicating underground water, and the soil is deep and red, a sign of good quality. Kakarandua, a member of the Red Cross Society of Namibia, will oversee the project. They now need funds to build an irrigation system by digging a borehole or constructing a pipeline from the Namwater line close by.

 
A group of high HIV risk orphans attending a youth camp designed to build courage to stay in school and life skills. These underprivileged groups will benefit from freshly grown produce, and we hope their confidence will grow with the garden.
 
 
Some of Kakarandua's co-workers.
 
A mother and her baby from the local Himba tribe on the outskirts of Opuwo.
Kakarandua Mutambo, the head of the garden project, and Christina Schmidt, founder of Baby Bistro Brands, discussing future plans for the garden as a way to help the Opuwo community.
 
Fence defining the garden and keeping goats out.
  

First corn crop. Proper irrigation and fertilizer
is needed for a more robust crop.
   
John, the garden watchman, keeping wild animals
out. Some funds will be designated for building a
hut John can sleep in as well as store tools, seeds,
and fertilizer.