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0758-570-751In the Pirita community, children grow up in a context marked by poverty, limited access to resources, and scarce opportunities for development.
In this setting, sometimes the simplest things — like a garden — can become spaces for learning, healing, and hope.
It is from this idea that the Pirita Children Association continues, in 2026, its educational gardening programme through the project “The Garden of My Rights – Seeds of My Rights”, an initiative that transforms gardening into a tool for life education, responsibility, and children’s rights.
This programme is not a beginning — it is the result of a journey built over time.
Since 2020, gardening activities in Pirita have grown into far more than practical tasks.
They have evolved from lessons about health and nutrition into a rich model of experiential learning, where children discover responsibility, cooperation, and the joy of building something together.
Today, the garden is a place where children learn that, just like plants, they have the right to grow, to be protected, and to take an active part in the life of their community.
Throughout the year, children will take part in workshops on children’s rights and in hands-on gardening activities — from planting and tending to plants through to harvesting.
At the same time, parents will be involved in shared activities, and the wider community will be invited to participate in events and workshops that encourage collaboration and collective responsibility.
An important element of the programme is the involvement of international volunteers from the Humanitarian Experience organisation, who will work alongside children and families in the garden, creating opportunities for intercultural dialogue and the exchange of experiences.
Through gardening, children learn to plan, to care for something living, to work as a team, and to take on responsibilities.
These are simple but essential lessons — lessons that help them build self-confidence and discover their place within the community.
The programme will run throughout the year and will actively involve 36 children, parents, and volunteers, culminating in a special moment: the “Harvest Celebration” — a community event where the work of the garden will be honoured together, around a shared table.
For the children of Pirita, the garden is not simply a place where vegetables grow.
It is a place where confidence, responsibility, and the sense that every child has a role and a future in their community also take root and flourish.
