Tyler, Brittany, Danielle, and Joanna live in West Africa among French-speaking people groups with an organization called ILAD, which stands for International Literacy and Development. Brittany is trained in English translation work, fervently praying for the time and help in Old Testament Bible translation work to be completed soon. Tyler’s work is farm-training a couple local guys to maintain a fruit tree nursery that also serves as a demonstration farm for the village the Depkes live in.
In some parts of rural West Africa, 68-82% of children under the age of five suffer from severe child food poverty (*per UNICEF). In order to fight malnutrition, development workers alongside Tyler are currently building a demonstration farm with a double focus of: 1) Cashews as a cash crop and 2) Fruit trees, leafy greens, and beans for local nutrition. With these two foci, the goal is to provide year-round access to greater variety of nutrients for families with young children.
