What We're About

Vision: Our vision is that the community recognizes and addresses the financial, physical, emotional, and spiritual poverty that exists within it. By addressing all of these, we will become a healthy, vibrant community that cares for one another like we care for ourselves.

Mission: The West Liberty Community Garden Project exists as a space where all members of the community can fellowship and work together on common grounds in order to pursue our vision of mutual care.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Gardening for the International Community

If you're interested in seeing ways in which community gardening can make an impact in the international community, check out New Roots for Refugees at http://newrootsforrefugees.blogspot.com/. This project gives refugees from places such Burma and Somalia the opportunity to subsidize their own food costs while also making a profit, which goes a long way in supplementing the small amount of government assistance that they receive. This imaginative project took 8 acres of inner-city wasteland and converted it into a productive, life-giving garden which unites student interns and Volunteer Service workers with international refugees and their families. Check out the site and give them your support!
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