1/7 VISITS - over here! BEER SHEBA The agroecological center OUR FARM'S PRODUCTS To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. EVENTS Monthly posts about life at Beer Sheba A Deep Litter Article: "A Deep Litter System for the Natural Production of Chickens" By: Noah Elhardt Posted: 04/12/2022 ARTICLE À propos BEER SHEBA Improving agriculture Empowering the church Transforming communities Beer Sheba is an agro-ecological center located 70km south of Dakar, Senegal. OUR MISSION: Combining a sustainable agro-forestry program with comprehensive training and an agricultural resource centre for young Senegalese farmers. DISCOVER VIDEOS OUR NURSERY IS OPEN! DONNER Ancre 2 18 YEARS 139 INTERNS 60 + TREE SPECIES 91 HECTARES RESTORED Contact

Evénements 2025 La vie du centre agroécologique au fil des mois! Décembre 2025 La cantine de l'école est achevée et fonctionnelle ! Décentraliser les repas a permis de renforcer l'indépendance de l'école et de soulager la cuisine du centre. Novembre 2025 Première visite en Afrique de Victor, lycéen parisien intéressé par Beer Shéba. Une belle expérience dans tous les poles! Octobre 2025 C'est la rentrée à l'école Les Flambeaux de Beer Shéba, et un généreux donateur nous a fait cadeau de ce magnifique bus scolaire! Septembre 2025 Nous sommes heureux d'accueillir un petit veau à l'étable: une femelle qui nous permettra de continuer la production de lait! Aout 2025 L'été à Beer Shéba, c'est le moment des camps de vacances. Cette année c'est un camp de louange qui s'invite à la chapelle. Juillet 2025 Nous sommes heureux d'accueillir un petit veau à l'étable: une femelle qui nous permettra de continuer la production de lait! Juin 2025 Merci à Solène, Siméon et Camille pour leur appui à l'équipe durant leur séjour de volontariat! Mai 2025 Katie anime un atelier éducatif et créatif sur la vie du sol avec nos élèves de primaire. Le respect pour la Création est un apprentissage qui dure tout une vie. Avril 2025 Beer Shéba va produire du lait frais! Voici nos deux vaches Montbéliardes, arrivées depuis peu par conteneur sous un projet gouvernemental. Vive la production locale! Mars 2025 Beer Shéba produit des tomates pour la première fois dans son histoire! Le Jardin de Permaculture a passé un véritable cap cette année dans la facilité à produire des légumes. L'équilibre de la biodiversité s'est finalement constitué et les espèces dévastatrices sont maîtrisées par l'abondance d'autres espèces bénéfiques. Janvier 2025 Le Grand Jardin de Permaculture se porte au mieux en ce premier mois de l'année! Légumes, plantes médicinales et herbes aromatiques se développent sous le couvert du microclimat créé par les arbres. Les papayes sont une réussite particulière en cette saison. Février 2025 Beer Shéba a le plaisir d'accueillir une deuxième formation de l'Agriculture selon les Principes de Dieu au travers de notre partenaire Tom Brane. La session de 2024 a été une vraie réussite et nous espérons le même enthousiasme cette année.

Permaculture in the Sahel The Beer-Sheba project is a 100-hectare naturally regenerating forest located among the Serer farming villages and deforested pastures of the Thiès region. This ecosystem, which is now 15 years old, continues to mature, enabling us to observe and study animals, birds and insects that have practically disappeared from the region. It is within this framework that the Beer-Sheba team is experimenting with various small-scale agricultural techniques, striving to develop agricultural systems that are both productive and adapted to the local climate. Permaculture is based on understanding the context and its many parameters (social, climatic, topographic) in order to design clever cultivating spaces, with beneficial connections and an approach to restoring the ecosystem and the people who inhabit it. Back to Our Actions Ancre 1 Farming God's Way Before the development of any form of human agriculture, God cultivated the Earth, and it gave its products in abundance. Developed in Africa in response to the food insecurity and poverty of many populations, Farming God's Way is an approach that is inspired by the principles and interrelations present in Creation. Beer Sheba applies many principles and seeks to become a demonstrative project for the surrounding communities.

LE SANDIARA RESTAURANT - FASTFOOD The Sandiara offers restaurant and fast food. Simple, good quality meals at an affordable price. The ingredients are local, and the meat is produced naturally by the nearby Beer Sheba agroecological center. Our delicious Hamburgers from our Fast Food counter, or enjoy our Free-Range Chickens and Senegalese Daily Specials in our air-conditioned room with a view of the garden!

Carry the vision We need skills. Livestock Veterinarian and Head of the livestock branch We continually seek to develop a way of living and doing agriculture adapted to the Senegalese and Sahelian context. The livestock branch is an important source of income for Beer Sheba, and we want to create increasingly robust and qualitative livestock breeds for natural breeding. Marketing Head of product development and marketing In order to make Beer Sheba 100% self-sufficient, and to continue to be an economic driver in our rural community, we need to develop our products. Construction and Maintenance Site supervision, Maintenance manager Beer Sheba has been building its premises for years in laterite CEB. The low qualification of the masons and, constraints of the clay soil and the climate require extensive monitoring of the sites as well as constant maintenance.

Community Services Back to Our Actions Community Service At the request of the women of the surrounding villages, a first necessities shop was opened at the entrance to the centre. A grain mill and water from the borehole are also distributed with a symbolic contribution from the villagers. The Dispensary Thanks to "Secours Protestant", Beer Sheba was able to open a dispensary with a small pharmacy, managed by Senegalese nurses from the team. This care unit has been so successful that an extension is being built, making it possible to add support relationship care, among other things. The Torchbearers school In the vision of transforming rural communities through the training of young farmers, the education of children emerged as a key issue for Beer Sheba. Launched in 2020 under temporary shelter, The Torchbearers primary school was funded by our main partner, Samaritan's Purse Canada. The first phase of the premises will normally be delivered at the end of 2022.

The Workshop The Beer Sheba workshop is responsible for the construction, repair and maintenance of the center's premises and equipment. Back to Our Actions

Ancre 5 Events 2023 Ancre 6 NOVEMBER 2022 FOOTBALL AND EVANGELISM Evangelism Football Tournament: the Torchbearers, Beer Sheba's team, won their first game with a score of 7-4. NOVEMBER 2022 VISIT OF BEER SHEBA MALI Beer Sheba supports the launch of its sister project in Mali; this month 3 members of the team went on site to meet the committee of the association and the surrounding community. The new land of the ABMA is a magnificent 52ha plot, already almost entirely planted with trees, which was entrusted to us for 45 years by the Coulibaly family, a large family from the commune of Bougoula, about 1h30 from Bamako. A very positive assessment for this trip and great prospects for the future! OCTOBER 2022 A NEW TEAM AT THE CLINIC The arrival of Suja, a missionary general practitioner, is a relief for the clinic. She supports community patients with complex medical conditions. One of the boys, a young Muslim, begins to follow Jesus as a result of the love and care he received. Our head nurse, Mansour, who worked at the clinic in Beer Sheba for 3 years, left at the end of August to become a full-time pastor at his Baptist church in Mbour. Pastor Pape Michel, also an experienced nurse who has helped the clinic for the past 2 years, is taking over the leadership. SEPTEMBER 2022 EMBELLISHMENTS Recently we said goodbye to Julianna, who stayed with us for six months as part of her Christian college course in the United States. With a visiting friend, Julianna devoted the last months of her internship to a wonderful beautification project in Beer Sheba, painting Bible verses in various locations to testify to visitors of our Christian identity. JULY-SEPTEMBER 2022 SUMMER CAMP Following the positive experience of last year, we organized a Bible and agricultural summer camp for young Christians, focusing particularly on Christian girls from churches in the surrounding villages. We welcomed 15 girls and 3 boys, aged 15 to 20, from July 18 to September 30. Supervised by our trainers Johannes, Samba and Aloïse, the students followed a mixed and intense program including Bible lessons, Bible reading times, gardening and moments of conviviality. SEPTEMBER 2022 A GOOD RAINY SEASON This year, we had a rainy season which fully deserved its name. With a total rainfall close to 800mm, the farming community around Beer Sheba was able to grow all kinds of cereals. Despite some difficulties caused by the floods, this is good news because it means that the times to come will be easier. Parents will be able to pay school fees, buy medicine when family members are sick, and generally be better off. SEPTEMBER 2022 WINTER CROPS In Beer Sheba, the new Farming God's Way team, led by our new team member, Tom, was able to plant maize, sorghum and beans. They went to the surrounding villages to give training on composting, mulching and the FGW philosophy: to standards - on time - without waste - with joy. We look forward to harvest time when we measure FGW yields compared to traditional farming methods. SEPTEMBER 2022 PITAYA DAY The Beer Sheba product stand during the August the 10th Pitaya day! AUGUST 2022 PITAYA DAY A few kilometers from the Beer Sheba centre, the Pitaya Senegal Cooperative is hosting an open doors day for visitors. See you on Saturday September 10 to discover this exceptional fruit through sales and various activities! AUGUST 2022 KEBEMER HOSPITAL PROJECT The first stone of the new Kébémer hospital has been laid! MATTER, the NGO which carries out this project on behalf of the donors, wishes to entrust the agricultural part of this hospital to Beer Sheba. On the agenda: designing the farm, hiring and training staff, and launching food, medical and community education ventures that will sustain the farm in the long term, based on our experience in Beersheba. AUGUST 2022 SIGNS AND MIRACLES FESTIVAL Beer Sheba got involved in the first big evangelization festival organized by SOS Adventure in Dakar. Despite the flooding of the site by heavy rains for 2 days, God has intervened powerfully to heal and touch many lives! JULY 2022 END OF YEAR PARTY The end of the school year ceremony on July the 15th, to which all parents and village authorities were invited, was an eye-opening event for many. When the children performed drama, dances, Serer reading and a French vocabulary quiz, the parents realized the amount of knowledge and skills their children had acquired through the bilingual education program. We hope and pray that many more children will join The Torchbearers this new year, starting October 10th. JULY 2022 VISIT OF THE BAOBAB ASSOCIATION This month 7 students came from Lille with the Baobab association to contribute to the construction of a new classroom in our primary school. In addition to financing half of the building's cost, the students took part in the construction work and organized activities with the students. JUNE 2022 A LIVING SOIL Final photo after several days of training on the theme "A Living Soil" supervised by members of the Beer Sheba team. JUNE 2022 THE TORCHBEARERS Beer Sheba's Primary School moves into its new premises! The first classroom has just been completed, and an additional room is planned for next year. MAY 2022 Spiritual Retreat Beer Sheba members gathered at the Philadelphia Mission Center in Mbodienne for a week-long spiritual retreat to seek the face of God and be replenished as a team. Ancre 1 APRIL 2022 Women's Football Match The ladies have taken to the football field built by Dakar Academy: an official match was played by the women of Beer Sheba, single vs married! A beautiful atmosphere was created by the supporters of the community gathered for the occasion. MARCH 2022 Community Day - Dakar Academy The students of the Dakar Academy school came to serve the community of Beer Sheba by building a football field at the entrance of the center which will also be accessible to the surrounding villages. Ancre 2 MARCH 2022 Food For Life 2022 - Graduation The 2021-2022 promotion of the Food For Life program in partnership with Mercy Ships has just graduated! A closing ceremony was organized in the chapel of Beer Sheba to congratulate these young entrepreneurs who are now equipped to launch their own agricultural and product processing activity in Senegal and Mali. MARCH 2022 A new school on its way Launched in 2021, the project to build a French/Seereer bilingual school in Beer Sheba is now taking shape with the construction of the first classrooms and an administrative block. Ancre 3 MARCH Moringa Day - Mercy Ships Open Doors Beer Sheba organizes Moringa Day every year as well as the open doors of its partner Mercy Ships. The team and students invite you to attend various workshops and to try original home-made products created to highlight this super food (sorbets, cupcakes, juice, popcorn). Ancre 4 APRIL/DECEMBER Dundal Market Dundal is a farmer's and crafts market organized twice a year by Beer Sheba at the bilingual school in Ngaparou. Enjoy hand-made pastries and dishes under the mango trees of the courtyard. You will also find the center's products such as moringa in various forms, fruit trees from the nursery, barbecue and drinks. OCTOBER Food for Life Mercy Ships has entered into a partnership with Beer Sheba to create a training program focusing on agroecology and the processing of raw products. For 2 years, the center has welcomed young entrepreneurs from several West African countries.

Events 2024 Here we go for a new year to pursue the vision, take care of our corner of Creation and impact our community! Follow life in Beersheba in pictures through our monthly gallery: EVENTS SEPTEMBER 2024 - COCOA “Soon, Beer Sheba chocolate!” exclaims our Permaculture Garden manager as he shares photos of the two Cacao trees brought back from Casamance. SEPTEMBER 2024 - COCOA “Soon, Beer Sheba chocolate!” exclaims our Permaculture Garden manager as he shares photos of the two Cacao trees brought back from Casamance. SEPTEMBER 2024 - COCOA “Soon, Beer Sheba chocolate!” exclaims our Permaculture Garden manager as he shares photos of the two Cacao trees brought back from Casamance. SEPTEMBER 2024 - COCOA “Soon, Beer Sheba chocolate!” exclaims our Permaculture Garden manager as he shares photos of the two Cacao trees brought back from Casamance. JULY 2024 - WINTERING Nous sommes reconnaissants pour la pluie que le Seigneur nous envoie; qu'elle fasse pousser des récoltes abondantes! JUNE 2024 - TORCHLIGHT FESTIVAL The teaching team organized a fair at Les Flambeaux school to celebrate the end of this school year. Games, dances, various activities with the participation of the parents of students took place in the schoolyard. See you next year for new discoveries! MAY 2024 - SUBMISSION OF CERTIFICATES Congratulations to those who received their training certificate! MAY 2024 - FGW TRAINING Farming God's Way Training with Tom Brane. Thanks to the entire coaching team! MARCH 2024 - DAKAR ACADEMY For its community service day, the American school Dakar Academy chose once again to come to Beer Sheba. The students spent part of the day braiding our harvest of red onions: a much appreciated help in the permaculture garden! MARCH 2024 - THE SANDIARA Inauguration of the Beer Sheba restaurant, named after the city "Le Sandiara," with the authorities of the commune. A big thank you to the Mayor Mr Serigne Diop for his support of the project. Located on the main road, the restaurant opens its doors as a Fastfood at first, with the prospect of developing a more extensive menu over time. The farm's products will of course be highlighted in all the dishes offered. A beautiful step opens in the life of the center and in its collaboration with the commune of Sandiara! FEBRUARY 2024 - GREEN CLASS Discovery workshop in the school vegetable garden led by Dogo, the head of the Permaculture Garden. Our students were able to observe the development of vegetables and learn to recognize them at different stages of their growth. Appreciating life and knowing where our food comes from are essential values to pass on to younger generations. FEBRUARY 2024 - MEET THE ARTIST Rick Luth, author of "Soul Care Mural" What made you decide to dedicate your time and talents to this project? “I was immediately drawn to the idea of a “Soul Care” room for spiritual healing, and felt very blessed and honored to be invited to participate in such a project.” What did it bring you? "I was always happy to work on this project: I learned to know Senegalese culture better and to draw the characters, plants and animals." JANUARY 2024 - PERMACULTURE GARDEN The onion field of the Permaculture Garden: congratulations to the team for their work. The center aims to produce the majority of vegetables consumed on site: on the way to food autonomy! JANUARY 2024 - SOUL CARE MURAL The "Soul Care Mural," a painting created for the Soul Care Clinic in Beersheba. More info to come on the artist and the message!

Support Our Actions Présentation des Pôles Our actions are organized in several poles: Permaculture, Breeding, Training, Workshop, and Community Services. We believe that the Gospel is powerful to transform all aspects of our lives, and thus the relationship we have with Creation, our work, and the people around us. Farming God's Way Next PERMA-CULTURE Next TRAIN ING Next BREEDING Next OUR PRODUCTS Next WORK SHOP Next COMMUNITY SERVICE Next

SOUL CARE MURAL Through our partner Ewien, Beer Sheba was able to collaborate with artist and missionary Rick Luth to create the mural for the new Soul Care office. Based on an illustration by Rick, Isabella Toombs produced the final painting shown here. Rick Luth For more information on Rick Luth's work https://www.artevermore.net/ Tel: 808-319-1553 Email: artevermore1@gmail.com A story of the project What made you decide to dedicate your time and talents to this project? “I was immediately drawn to the idea of a soul care room for spiritual healing, and I felt blessed and honored to be invited to be a part of such a project. The work I do with Create International is about contextualizing the gospel for other cultures, and this was an opportunity to do that. Even as a child, God had already planted a seed in my heart for the nations of Africa, and when I taught in Tanzania, I had hoped to create a mural with the children there. Additionally, as an art teacher for 30 years, the idea of collaborating with a talented young artist and having her paint was very inspiring to me.” What did it bring you? “Most of my artwork is based on messages or revelations that I feel I have received from God, which is very encouraging. So it’s no surprise that designing this mural brought me so much joy. I’ve always been happy working on this project: I got to know Senegalese culture better and draw the characters, plants and animals. In fact, halfway through the project, I met a man who played the kora, and he let me play his; it was very exciting!”

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