One Family: From Soil to Soul

In Eswatini, Sharon Fraizer shows how climate action begins with soil, seeds, and compassion practiced daily. As a volunteer with the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, she helps lead a community farming and feeding program spanning 40 communities, two farms, and a nursery. The work supports 20 schools, engages more than 1,000 young people, and equips over 1,000 women to grow food and strengthen household resilience. A community-built nursery produced 53,000 seedlings in four months, spreading backyard gardens and hope. Through hospital partnerships and handmade support items, care becomes a network. Sharon’s faith teaches interconnectedness, healing land, and people together. In her words, turning palms, downward means becoming givers.