From Learning Gardens to Family Food Security
Despite the extreme heat and limited water availability in the dry season, EBPP Darmaji students continue turning knowledge into real change. After two years of learning dryland regenerative agriculture, most students have successfully applied their skills on their family farms, harvesting a variety of vegetables to share with their families.
Through support from PT Mitra Prodin’s CSR programme, students have learned to build terraces, conserve water, improve soil fertility using compost and mulch, and grow vegetables using sustainable organic farming techniques. These practical skills have transformed their understanding of challenging dryland into a source of food and hope.
The impact extends beyond harvesting vegetables. Students are sharing their knowledge with peers, while families are beginning to recognise the potential of their own land. Even during the dry season, students continue caring for crops, preparing their gardens for the rains, and mentoring younger learners. This is how sustainable change takes root—from the learning garden to family farms and the wider community.
We sincerely thank PT Mitra Prodin for making this transformation possible. Next, we hope to have new support to enable us to scale up this successful dryland regenerative agriculture learning model to more students and families across Desa Ban.
We hope to equip more children with practical agricultural skills, help families diversify their food supply, and build greater food security and self-reliance for generations to come.
Please, help EBPP to help more students turn steep dry land into productive fruit and vegetable farms, knowledge into action, and small harvests into lasting hope.
Together, we can help remote communities help themselves—one student, one family, and one garden at a time.
Help More Students Grow a Sustainable Future 👉 https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/support-east-bali-childrens-education/
By, Komang Kurniawan, Chairman & Team Leader
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