“This home garden is the backbone of my ability to provide my children with fresh food,” said Saniora. Adding that, “since we started, we cultivated so many kinds of vegetables eggplant, cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, radishes, arugula, bean, chick-pea, pepper, potato, green onions, and garlic”. Saniora managed to sell items that exceeded her home needs or bartered them for other items. “During the last week we only went to the food market once to buy tomatoes, the rest of our needs are produced in our home gardens,” explained Saniora.

Saniora and her children take care of the garden. Every day they pick fresh vegetables to be prepared, cooked, or frozen for future use. Their homemade potatoes taste nothing like the one you can buy from market. “Our vegetables taste better because we don’t use any chemicals. And now that we received the kits to produce rabbits, we look forward to having more fresh meat and earning an extra income by selling the new born ones,” said Saniora.

CHF through PCAP will continue working with Gazans like Saniora to provide them with the opportunities to support their families, thereby building their resiliency and making them the key actors in their own development.