Raise $1,000 for Grassroots International

Here in the office of Grassroots International hang many pictures of our partners from around the world. One we all love features a beautiful Palestinian girl proudly hugging a huge turnip grown in her family’s garden plot. In fact, we so appreciate the picture that we created a greeting card with her image and story, and many recipients have asked: “What happened to her? Where is she today?” Here’s her story. Nine-year-old Manal Abu Shalouf and her family live in the Gaza Strip. Many of her neighbors – and many women of the region – owe their livelihood and sense of hope to Manal’s grandmother, Fatima Abu Shalouf, a member of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC), a Grassroots International partner that works on urban agriculture in Gaza. Fatima advocated for local control of agriculture—starting with seeds. Women poured into her training courses and excitedly went home to pilot their own projects like saving seeds in their kitchen sinks and planting gardens on…Read More