{"id":25887,"date":"2025-05-18T13:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T10:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/direct-aid.org\/cms\/?p=25887"},"modified":"2025-05-18T13:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T10:41:33","slug":"from-seed-to-harvest-a-story-of-hope-at-al-safwa-center-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/direct-aid.org\/cms\/en\/from-seed-to-harvest-a-story-of-hope-at-al-safwa-center-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"From Seed to Harvest: A Story of Hope at Al-Safwa Center in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Safwa Center, affiliated with <em>Direct Aid<\/em>\u00a0in Rwanda, celebrated a moment of pride and joy with the harvest of its first vegetable crop\u2014part of an educational and sustainable farming initiative launched last October.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative aimed to <strong>teach orphaned children the value of hard work, self-reliance, and sustainability<\/strong>\u00a0through hands-on agricultural experience. 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