Home Grown Hope is a paid ticketed event for all the family. Featuring a mix of live cookery demonstrations and tastings, stories of hope and faith in the face of poverty and injustice. An evening of nourishment for your faith. 

Book tickets

Choose between two wonderful locations and reserve your ticket for the next Home Grown Hope event for an evening of storytelling and live cookery demonstrations, championing the best home-grown produce that Kenya and Northern Ireland has to offer.

Gilnahirk Presbyterian Church - 3rd Oct First Holywood Presbyterian Church - 20th Oct

What is Home Grown Hope? 

In November 2024, a team from Christian Aid Ireland and Northern Irish chef, Mollie Cunningham, travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to visit urban farming projects established by our local faith partner, Beacon of Hope. These projects are transforming the lives of people living in a densely packed, impoverished community where hunger and domestic violence are significant challenges. By training men and women to utilise specifically designed urban farming techniques, Beacon of Hope and Christian Aid are facilitating this community’s move towards social, physical, economic and spiritual empowerment. 

The event

Home Grown Hope is an event designed to share the stories the incredible women and men involved with the farming projects.  

Thanks to the dedication of Beacon of Hope and Christian Aid Kenya, we have a vision to see more people within these communities, especially women, given the opportunity to learn new skills, and to be supported and empowered to transform their lives and the lives of those around them. 

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Mollie and Jane celebrate a batch of beautifully proved sweet rolls at Beacon of Hope's urban farming project in Dagoretti, Nairobi Credit: Christian Aid Kenya
Mollie and Jane celebrating fresh bread in Kenya

Mollie Cunningham is a talented, passionate chef who grows her own produce on her family farm in Killyleagh, which she cooks and sells through her business, Ballytrim Pantry. While in Nairobi, Mollie had the opportunity to visit several urban farming projects and spent time with the women and men who are involved in them. Mollie will be recreating these dishes live at Home Grown Hope, while also sharing about her experiences during the trip.  

Join us at the next Home Grown Hope event for an evening of storytelling and live cookery demonstrations, championing the best home-grown produce that Kenya and Northern Ireland has to offer.

Book tickets

Choose between two wonderful locations and reserve your ticket for the next Home Grown Hope event today.

Gilnahirk Presbyterian Church - 3rd Oct First Holywood Presbyterian Church - 20th Oct