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Ma Phaw, Myanmar Photo: © 2019 ADRA | Frank Spangler
“I have never had any experience in growing gardens. vegetables that are important for pregnant women and small
Through the ADRA EMBRACE program, we have learned how children to get every day.
to prepare the soil, how to make our own fertilizer, how to
plant the seeds in a nursery first before setting them out in Now that we have our own kitchen garden we are eating
the garden. We have learned when is the best time to plant fresh organic vegetables every day! Part of the training has
for each kind of vegetable, which ones take a long time to shown us how to combine various kinds of foods together
mature and which ones we can keep planting every two when we cook, to help make sure that we are getting a good
weeks for a continual harvest. balance.
The training program has also taught us what kind of Now that we have been on the new diet for about six months
nutrition we can get from each kind of plant. What plants we have seen a real improvement. My little girl has gained
provide iron, what plants provide the various vitamins. This weight. She is more active and she no longer gets the skin
way we can plan out our meals to get a good balance of the rashes that she used to.”
right kinds of food every day. We have learned the kinds of
Photo: © 2019 ADRA | Frank Spangler
