Half-acre organic garden tended by ex-cons in slum

09-20-2008

Half-acre organic garden tended by ex-cons in slum

In the midst of sprawling, densely packed slum, an organic vegetable garden marked by sunflowers grows in Kenya, tended by a group of new farmers - young, unemployed men. Success was unlikely in area which just months before was site of ethnic clashes, street battles between riot police and protesters demonstrating over flawed presidential elections.

Read the story at The Guardian (UK)




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