To our partners at Addax & Oryx,
We are incredibly aware that when it comes to your philanthropy, there is no shortage of organizations and causes to give to. I was recently in Nsengoni and present to celebrate the completion of the residential systems and greenhouses and the opening of the large-scale greenhouse you provided It was a day filled with an abundance of laughter, relief, and solidified togetherness Through your generosity, a new time has dawned in this village, one that has turned away from survival and has taken a huge step towards safety. We are so very grateful for all the lives you have changed, not just for today but for so many generations to come
On this same trip, Save the Rain was visited by a third-party reviewer who stated that our work exemplifies transformative and sustainable change. They remarked that so few people focus on bringing clean water home and that we were opening a door to immeasurable generational change by investing in women to help solve this problem
We could not do that without partners like you We are so very thankful for your faith and trust, and look forward to changing more lives and creating a safer world together.
Wishing you all the best,
In service,
Kelly Coleman
Save the Rain Executive Director
NSENGONI GREENHOUSE
At Save the Rain, we believe the pyramid of human needs rests on a base of water Water is life; we can’t be without it Its transformational power is such that it can turn scarcity into sufficiency; to go from sufficiency to abundance, just add food.
Where we work, water scarcity begets food scarcity. Experience has taught us that the only way to turn food fragility into security is to create a microcosm of perfect conditions for nurturing life and growing Water makes food possible: we bridge the two with greenhouses
Eighteen women work in Nsengoni’s greenhouse, growing nourishing leafy greens They sing as they tend to the crops, nurturing the friendships they’ve fostered. Improved planting methods, composting, and trench irrigation are also yielding better harvests in their home gardens.
The school that Nsengoni students attend is called Upendo Primary Schoolupendo means love. They receive a portion of each harvest to enrich its midday meal The women take pride in feeding students Seeing vegetables they’ve grown nourish young learners, giving them a sense of purpose and contribution
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They sell the surplus, generating funds to pool for lending cooperatives; enterprises and small businesses begin to flourish. With more income, education is more accessible; health improves, and women with their own means come to be respected figures in the community
School attendance increases if a nutritious meal is guaranteed, and students learn about organic farming as they watch women stepping into their power. Seeds beget more seeds, and systematic transformation takes root: the greenhouses become harbingers of regenerative abundance that manifests in every realm.
Water is the bridge from scarcity to sufficiency From sufficiency to abundance, it’s food. From here, we unlock economic agency and empowerment and up the pyramid of human needs we go.
