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Harriet Nakabaale’s Camp Green (Uganda)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdzb64I023E

Kampala (the capital of Uganda) is a city where overcrowding seems to suffocate many neighborhoods and where nothing seems to grow. This is also home to a passionate mother of two who dedicates her life to transforming her community with her green practices.

With only a lot of 15 meters by 9 meters, this is probably one of the smallest farms in the world, but that hasn’t stopped her from transforming her hard-packed chunk of urban space into an edible miracle.

In an area where the high cost of buying food can saddle a family with relentless poverty, Harriet is showing off the best survival tactic — food sovereignty. Her philosophy is simple, reuse everything: the rainwater from her rooftops flows into big tanks, plastic bottles become planters, organic wastes — like banana peels — she turns into briquettes that burn with a steady heat. She uses them to keep newly hatched chicks warm and to brew the wine that is one of her many enterprises.

She is a mother, a gardener and a true inspiration. May she continue to grow, teach and share….

25 Comments

  1. You are an inspiration.
    I am sure those around you are inspired.
    Thank you being the relevant light in your world and to many around the world.

    Keep it up!

  2. Good work Harriet You are a smart woman for using your power to create a sustainable life for yourself and family and being a good example to your community and the world Hope to see if others follow your example

  3. This is how changes occur. One person doing what they consider to be the right thing to do for them, their family and their neighbours and not a climate ‘denier’ or ‘believer’ in sight.

  4. YOUR COURAGE AND LOVE ARE HUGE……I WANT TO HELP… DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SOLAR OVEN-WITH FOIL PAPER???????

    1. your help will be good for me because i want to expand my project but i need a big piece of land so that my work can be easy.

  5. Harriet, this is the most inspiring story I have come across. I wouldlike tomeet you and have study sessions on you Camp Green project. Your telephone contact will do me good, and I will look for you with ease.
    I want to join the camp.

  6. I was impressed and inspired to start a garden during your recent presentation on 13th September 2014 in Yiya Sente Forum at Freedom City in Kampala.

    You a great woman. I researched on the internet to see if you have website but I didn’t find one for Camp Green. I luckily came across several sites talking about your entrepreneurship in gardening. I wish you can create one to spread the word to the entire world. I would help you to develop one for you.

  7. well done our dear hero in farming. i would like to know your location. i would like to learn and improve on my project as well. am impressed that you don’t use any chemical to spray your vegetables.

  8. Thanks lady, I followed and implimented the ideas you shared with us at Freedom City and Iam soon expecting best quality yields.
    May God bless your works.

  9. Thanks a lot I am a poultry farmer I will need your tips on feeding I have always admired you first time I saw you at Kawaala growing vegetables and I told people about what you said about leaving gold at home and we go to town to look for money very inspiring.

  10. DEAR HARIET,I want to get in touch with you, I have a project that I want to activate to raise money for you and your city—- please contact me so I can start
    Lots of Love Jacqueline [email protected]

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