COMBATING POVERTY

 GROWING SMILES 

There's something many people have been silently suffering and being absorbed into,  in alienation . Thinking that no body relates or can assist . Poverty which may be defined as a community / people struggling to purchase basic essentials required to live . Although poverty's biggest  disguise is  hunger , a large percentage of our communities  are mentally impoverished , leaving not only their stomachs empty but also their emotional and mental needs empty /hungry .

Combating poverty aims to help fight impoverishment - physically, mentally and emotionally-. By supplying community members in poverty driven homes with vegetable and herb seedlings ,where they can be planted and/or harvested  every  month at mental health seminars  hosted at community centers  where guest speakers and volunteer provide empowering courses where basic farming skills will be taught, hand-in-hand with mental health awareness and educational courses . 

What you aren't changing you are choosing . Depression numbers are at a all time high and the covid-19 virus has increased these numbers significantly . People have lost their jobs and sources of income .Families have been forced into great depression all because of this , the only way to alleviate this is by truly working together and uniting as communities .

 

For an example , the above picture represents the beginning stages of vegetation ,that will be available to community member who partake in the mental health awareness initiative , those members who come after every 2 weeks to nourish not only for the plants but themselves and remove themselves from toxicity and breathe pure green calmness , air filled with love/support and ubuntu. So community members are able to truly reap what they sew .

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members .