As explained in our introduction to the Fresh Fields Project, Mr. Lawrence started with only 8 children, a small group, which has now grown to 28 and keeps growing with parents in the area eager to enroll their children in the project.  

Mr. Lawrence meets with the children twice per week to teach them about vegetable farming and important skills in caring for plants and vegetables.  Each child has a few plants under their care, which they must tend to, from planting to harvest.  The children are then able to take their vegetables home for their own consumption or to sell on the market.  

This contributes to the district food basket by supplying vegetables and giving the children an opportunity to earn money to buy school supplies and other school-related items.  But most importantly they will learn skills that will enable them to sustain themselves in the future, economize on their food bill, and earn living without formal education.