Make (pronounced ma-gay, means mother in Siswati) Peggy has many children living on her property. She has opened up her house to provide a safe place for children who have no one to care for them or that come from bad homes. When we arrived there were so many little kids and a field with many weeds, a trash pile and no fence. With the help of a few Swazi men, we got to work tilling the ground, pulling the weeds out, picking the trash up, digging holes for the fence posts and putting the fence up. While we were digging the holes for the posts it began raining. We kept working and it kept raining. Everywhere we walked the ground became mud. It caked itself to our shoes and feet and we knew there was no way to plant this garden. Meanwhile, the rest of the team was in the house playing with the kids and getting a basic profile for each child on their age, school, health status, and family information. We finished with the fence and said our goodbyes. A few days later some of the team returned and we planted the garden. It is looking great, with most of the vegetables having survived and getting ready to be eaten.
