Category: Growing Hope Project
Sahara Marathon 2026 update
We are finally back from the Sahara after being caught in a sandstorm which delayed our flights. Sadly it also blew the roof of Hamdi’s […]
Sahara Marathon 2026
We have another group headed to the camps for the Sahara Marathon this year representing WSSG! Mel and Ian (Of Carrot and Tomato fame!) as […]
Growing Hope Project Plan
This is the original project plan written by Fatimatu Bashir. Background The World Food Organisation provide a monthly basket to every family depending on how […]
I spent a week with the forgotten people of Western Sahara
Charlie visited the project when he came to the camps to run the Sahara Marathon
BBC interview Growing Hope Project Manager
‘Manchester helped me grow vegetables in the Sahara’ Michelle Adamson met with Fatimatu while she was visiting us with the Sahrawi children and you can […]
Western Sahara’s Phosphate
Watch Left_Wild’s video about the situation in Western Sahara including a look at the Growing Hope Project
Our First Harvest!
It has been so exciting watching the vegetables grow and now they are being harvested and providing much needed food for the camps!
First crop growing fast!
The first crop is growing very quickly and we are beginning to see our first vegetables appearing on plants. We are growing tomatoes, aubergines, cucumbers […]