“Before World Vision’s assistance, we only had one meal or day, and sometimes we didn’t eat at all. Now we eat at least two meals a day, sometimes three.”

Leard and her husband Kabaso live in Zambia. World Vision first met them in 2005. They were desperate: subsistence farmers with six children to feed, they had no money for seeds or tools, no knowledge of farming techniques, and after a season of little rain, their harvest failed.

Their small daughter Mwansa was the worst affected. She had been malnourished her whole life. She often suffered from stomach cramps, diarrhoea and other illnesses.

But four years later, this family’s transformation has been remarkable. World Vision was able to help Leard and Kabaso’s family by providing them with maize and bean seeds, tools and agricultural training.

Nowadays their garden is full of beans, maize, cassava and pumpkins. There’s enough to eat and sometimes extra left over to sell.

It has been a tremendous outcome: the family is self-sufficient and all of the children are healthier and happier.

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