Being productive is being independent – fighting hunger


  • Photographer
    ANDRE FRANCOIS
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    ImageMagica
  • Date of Photograph
    2012
  • Technical Info
    Canon 5D Mark III

The images are part of a worldwide documentary started in 2008 called Life Project. The main project’s goal is to find and document positive initiatives related to access to health and quality of life around the world.

Story

In Nairobi, as in many big cities, food security is a major issue. To help improve this situation in Nairobi’s slums, Solidarites International organization started a project that teaches families how to produce their own food at home. They grow vegetables in a gardening sack, using a technique called vertical agriculture, which improves the productivity in a small space. This kind of agriculture needs very little water, another issue at the slums, only a small amount of land and cheap materials.

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