This is my site's women association's garden, where they are currently growing potatoes from France, onions and a miniature apple-like fruit. I included this photo, because the baby I find to be adorable and she allows me to hold her and put her to sleep (hard to find here lol!). However, all of the women joke that she is ugly and bad because she is not male--just goes to show how much women are undervalued here. As much as this is the women's garden and a place I believe they treasure as a place where they can come to meet of their own accord the children (especially the wee ones) are generally present, though they will try to help out in some way.

Here my work counterpart in the village is pictured drawing water with another member of the association out of one, of the two, wells that will dry up during the dry season. Thus, we have a water shortage issue that the women and the village as a whole would like to see addressed. I am currently researching different systems that we could construct to harvest rainwater that does fall regularly, from about July until October, and other common practices that we can implement in the garden to make efficient use of our water resources, such as mulching.

The women pictured here are carrying water to care for their own personal plots. They work as an association and are to collect a portion of the produce for sales, but they also will be able to use it as provisions for their own family's nutritional intake.